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Influence of composition and anneal conditions on the optical properties of (In, Ga)As quantum dots in an (Al, Ga)As matrix

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The optical properties of structures containing InGaAs quantum dots in GaAs and AlGaAs matrices grown by molecular-beam epitaxy are investigated. It is shown that increasing the In content in the quantum dots has the effect of raising the energy of carrier localization and increasing the energy distance between the ground state and the excited states of carriers in the quantum dots. An investigation of the influence of postgrowth annealing on the optical properties of the structures shows that the formation of vertically coupled quantum dots and the use of a wide-gap AlGaAs matrix enhances the thermal stability of the structures. Moreover, high-temperature (830 °C) thermal annealing can improve the quality of the AlGaAs layers in structures with vertically coupled InGaAs quantum dots in an AlGaAs matrix. The results demonstrate the feasibility of using postgrowth annealing to improve the characteristics of quantum dot lasers.

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Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 33, 91–96 (January 1999)

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Zhen, Z., Bedarev, D.A., Volovik, B.V. et al. Influence of composition and anneal conditions on the optical properties of (In, Ga)As quantum dots in an (Al, Ga)As matrix. Semiconductors 33, 80–84 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1187651

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