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Uniform InGaAs quantum dot arrays fabricated using nanosphere lithography

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3040683· OSTI ID:21175804
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  1. Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Photonics Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Massachusetts 01854 (United States)
We demonstrate the fabrication of optically active uniform InGaAs quantum dot arrays by combining nanosphere lithography and bromine ion-beam-assisted etching on a single InGaAs/GaAs quantum well. A wide range of lateral dot sizes was achieved from an oxygen plasma nanosphere resizing process. The increased lateral confinement of carriers in the dots results in low temperature photoluminescence blueshifts from 0.5 to 11 meV. Additional quantization was achieved using a selective wet-etch process. Our model suggests the presence of a 70 nm dead layer in the outer InGaAs radial edge, which we believe to be a result of defects and dislocations introduced during the dry-etch process.
OSTI ID:
21175804
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 93; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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