Tuning In{sub 0.3}Ga{sub 0.7}As/GaAs multiple quantum dots for long-wavelength infrared detectors
- Department of Electrical Engineering, 3127 Bell Engineering Center, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 (United States)
Optical absorption spectra of intersubband transitions in In{sub 0.3}Ga{sub 0.7}As/GaAs multiple quantum dots were investigated using the optical absorption as a function of the number of In{sub 0.3}Ga{sub 0.7}As monolayers deposited using the molecular-beam epitaxy Stranski-Krastanow technique. The peak position energy reached 13.7 {mu}m for a sample containing 50 monolayers of In{sub 0.3}Ga{sub 0.7}As. The lack of the observation of intersubband transitions in small quantum dots, where the number of the deposited monolayer is less than 15 monolayers, is an indication of the absence of quantum confinement. On the other hand, the presence of high dislocations density in larger quantum dots, where the deposited number of monolayers exceeds 50, could be the reason of why the intersubband transitions are degraded.
- OSTI ID:
- 20632707
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 85; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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