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Title: Specific features of nanosize object formation in an InSb/InAs system by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy

Journal Article · · Semiconductors

InSb quantum dashes (up to 4 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 9} cm{sup -2}) and quantum dots (QDs) (7 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 9} cm{sup -2}) were produced on InAs (100) substrates by the standard method of metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy in the temperature range 420-440 Degree-Sign C. A transformation of the shape and size of the quantum dashes is observed depending on the technological conditions of epitaxial deposition (quality of the matrix surface, growth temperature, flow rate, ratio between Group-V and -III elements in the gas phase, etc.). Control over the diffusion rate of reagents on the surface of the matrix based on an InAs epitaxial layer leads to a change in the transverse dimensions of the quantum dashes being deposited within the range 150-500 nm in length and 100-150 nm in width, respectively, with their height remaining at 50 nm. InSb QDs are grown on the surface of the InAs substrate at T = 440 Degree-Sign C. A bimodal size distribution of the nano-objects is observed: there are small (average height 15 nm; average diameter 60 nm) and large (average height 25 nm; average diameter 110 nm) QDs.

OSTI ID:
22105534
Journal Information:
Semiconductors, Vol. 47, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English