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Optical properties of a single strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum well grown on vicinal GaAs surfaces

1991; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 58; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.105088

ISSN

1520-8842

Autores

Ravi Droopad, R. A. Puechner, K. Shiralagi, K. Y. Choi, G.N. Maracas,

Tópico(s)

Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices

Resumo

We have studied the optical properties of single strained InxGa1−xAs/GaAs quantum wells (QWs) grown on GaAs substrates oriented off the (100) surface. Photoluminescence measurements indicate that QW structures grown on GaAs(100)5° toward (111)A possess superior interfaces as evidenced by the linewidth. There appears to be a decrease in the density of optically inactive traps as the angle of misorientation is increased, resulting in an enhanced optical efficiency at 77 K. However, these traps freeze out at 2 K and consequently, the optical efficiency of the various layers become independent of substrate orientation.

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