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Effect of Annealing on Strained InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Wells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Emil S. Koteles
Affiliation:
GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA 02254
B. Elman
Affiliation:
GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA 02254
P. Melman
Affiliation:
GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA 02254
C.A. Armiento
Affiliation:
GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA 02254
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Abstract

We have demonstrated that shallow ion (75As+) implantation and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) of strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum well (QW) structures can modify the optical properties of these epitaxial semiconductor heterostructures in a spatially selective manner. After RTA, exciton QW energies, determined from peaks in the photoluminescence spectra, shifted significantly to higher values only in the implanted regions. The magnitudes of the shifts were dependent on QW widths, RTA temperatures, and implantation fluences. The shifts were interpreted as resulting from the modification of the shapes of the as-grown QWs from square (abrupt interfaces) to rounded (gradual interfaces) due to enhanced indium diffusion out of the well layers in irradiated areas as a consequence of the diffusion of vacancies generated near the surface by the implantation. The thermal processing had only a small effect on the strain present in the quantum well layers due to the difference in the lattice constant of the well and barrier layers.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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