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Self Assembly of semiconductor nanostructures
聽Abstract聽In this work we present the growth and characterization聽of GaAs self-assembled quantum wires (SAQWRs),聽and InAs self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) by聽molecular beam epitaxy on (631)-oriented GaAs聽substrates. Adatoms on the (631) crystal plane present聽a strong surface diffusion anisotropy which we use聽to induce preferential growth along one direction聽to produce SAQWRs. On the other hand, InAs聽SAQDs were obtained on GaAs(631) with SAQWRs聽by the Stransky鈥揔rastanov (S-K) growth method.聽SAQDs grown directly on (631) substrates presented聽considerable fluctuations in size. We study the effects聽of growing a stressor layer before the SAQDs formation聽to reduce these fluctuations.Keywords :聽Quantum wires, quantum dots; selfassembly; molecular beam epitaxy
Estudio de la influencia de la segregaci贸n de indio y del campo el茅ctrico interno en las propiedades 贸pticas de heteroestructuras de pozos cu谩nticos III-V
The surface segregation in III-V semiconductor alloys produce abrupt interfaces, and modifies the potential profiles, alternating the electronic states in the quantum well and the emission energy in the photoluminescence spectrum. In this work, the Schr枚dinger equation is solved by means of a power series considering a Cauchy type symmetrical potential, which is soft and decreasing to infinity. This potential is proposed due to the changes in the potential profile from quantum well by the segregation of atoms during the growth process. The ground state energy was determined according to the parameters that characterize this potential. This
model was applied to the particular case of indium segregation in the InGaAs/GaAs system. The ground state energy transition is calculated from the difference in energy between the electron and hole in function of well width. These calculations are in agreement with the reported photoluminescence peak energies. In addition, the influence of the electrical field due to the piezoelectric effect on the photoluminescence emission is studied. For this purpose, an electron variational wavefunction was considered and the ground state energy transition in the active region of the heterostructure was calculated from the difference in energy between
the electron and hole in function of well width and the electric field. For InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells, the ground energy is adjusted within this model coinciding our theoretical calculations with the experimental part.La segregaci贸n superficial de 谩tomos en las aleaciones de semiconductores III-V produce interfaces abruptas y modifica los perfiles del potencial, alternando los estados electr贸nicos en el pozo cu谩ntico y la energ铆a de emisi贸n en el espectro de fotoluminiscencia. En este trabajo se resuelve mediante serie de potencias la ecuaci贸n de Schr枚dinger considerando un potencial sim茅trico tipo Cauchy, el cual es suave y decreciente al infinito. Se propone dicho potencial debido a los cambios en el perfil del potencial del pozo cu谩ntico por la segregaci贸n de 谩tomos durante el proceso de crecimiento. Se determin贸 la energ铆a del estado base en funci贸n de los par谩metros que caracterizan este potencial. Este modelo fue aplicado al caso particular de la segregaci贸n de indio en el sistema InGaAs/GaAs. La energ铆a de transici贸n del estado base se calcula a partir de las diferencias de energ铆a entre el electr贸n y el hueco en funci贸n del ancho del pozo. Dichos c谩lculos est谩n de acuerdo con los picos de energ铆a de fotoluminiscencia reportados. Adicionalmente, la influencia del campo el茅ctrico debido al efecto piezoel茅ctrico en la emisi贸n de fotoluminiscencia es estudiada. Para esto se consider贸 una funci贸n de onda variacional de electrones y se calcul贸 la transici贸n de energ铆a del estado base en la regi贸n activa de la heteroestructura a partir de las diferencias de energ铆a de electrones y huecos en funci贸n del ancho del pozo y del campo el茅ctrico. Para pozos cu谩nticos de InGaAs/GaAs la energ铆a base es ajustada dentro de este modelo coincidiendo nuestros c谩lculos te贸ricos con la parte experimental
Self Assembly of semiconductor nanostructures
In this work we present the growth and characterization聽of GaAs self-assembled quantum wires (SAQWRs),聽and InAs self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) by聽molecular beam epitaxy on (631)-oriented GaAs聽substrates. Adatoms on the (631) crystal plane present聽a strong surface diffusion anisotropy which we use聽to induce preferential growth along one direction聽to produce SAQWRs. On the other hand, InAs聽SAQDs were obtained on GaAs(631) with SAQWRs聽by the Stransky鈥揔rastanov (S-K) growth method.聽SAQDs grown directly on (631) substrates presented聽considerable fluctuations in size. We study the effects聽of growing a stressor layer before the SAQDs formation聽to reduce these fluctuations