Title |
Wetting layer evolution and its temperature dependence during self-assembly of InAs/GaAs quantum dots
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Published in |
Discover Nano, October 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1556-276x-7-600 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Hongyi Zhang, Yonghai Chen, Guanyu Zhou, Chenguang Tang, Zhanguo Wang |
Abstract |
For InAs/GaAs(001) quantum dot (QD) system, the wetting layer (WL) evolution and its temperature dependence were studied using reflectance difference spectroscopy and were analyzed with a rate equation model. WL thicknesses showed a monotonic increase at relatively low growth temperatures but showed an initial increase and then decrease at higher temperatures, which were unexpected from a thermodynamic understanding. By adopting a rate equation model, the temperature dependence of QD formation rate was assigned as the origin of different WL evolutions. A brief discussion on the indium desorption was given. Those results gave hints of the kinetic aspects of QD self-assembly. |
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