Ultra-narrow emission from single GaAs self-assembled quantum dots grown by droplet epitaxy

作者:Mano T*; Abbarchi M; Kuroda T; Mastrandrea C A; Vinattieri A; Sanguinetti S; Sakoda K; Gurioli M
来源:Nanotechnology, 2009, 20(39): 395601.
DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/20/39/395601

摘要

We realized ultra-narrow excitonic emission from single GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots (QDs) grown by a refined droplet epitaxy technique. We found that uncapped quantum dots can be annealed at 400 degrees C without major changes in their morphology, thus enabling an AlGaAs capping layer to be grown at that temperature. Consequently, we demonstrate a fourfold reduction of the linewidth of the emission together with an increased recombination lifetime, compared to the conventional droplet epitaxial QDs. The averaged linewidth of neutral excitons measured by micro-photoluminescence on single quantum dots was around 35 mu eV.

  • 出版日期2009-9-30