Nano Express
Optical Properties of GaAs Quantum Dots Fabricated by Filling of Self-Assembled Nanoholes
Institut für Angewandte Physik und Zentrum für Mikrostrukturforschung, Jungiusstraße 11, 20355, Hamburg, Germany
Nanoscale Research Letters 2009, 5:576-580 doi:10.1007/s11671-009-9507-3
Published: 25 December 2009Abstract
Experimental results of the local droplet etching technique for the self-assembled formation of nanoholes and quantum rings on semiconductor surfaces are discussed. Dependent on the sample design and the process parameters, filling of nanoholes in AlGaAs generates strain-free GaAs quantum dots with either broadband optical emission or sharp photoluminescence (PL) lines. Broadband emission is found for samples with completely filled flat holes, which have a very broad depth distribution. On the other hand, partly filling of deep holes yield highly uniform quantum dots with very sharp PL lines.
