Growth Interruption Effect on the Fabrication of GaAs Concentric Multiple Rings by Droplet Epitaxy

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2010 Aug 21;5(12):1897-900. doi: 10.1007/s11671-010-9752-5.

Abstract

WE PRESENT THE MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY FABRICATION AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX GAAS NANOSTRUCTURES BY DROPLET EPITAXY: concentric triple quantum rings. A significant difference was found between the volumes of the original droplets and the final GaAs structures. By means of atomic force microscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy, we found that a thin GaAs quantum well-like layer is developed all over the substrate during the growth interruption times, caused by the migration of Ga in a low As background.