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Self-Assembly of Symmetric GaAs Quantum Dots on (111)A Substrates: Suppression of Fine-Structure Splitting

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Published 28 May 2010 ©2010 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Takaaki Mano et al 2010 Appl. Phys. Express 3 065203 DOI 10.1143/APEX.3.065203

1882-0786/3/6/065203

Abstract

Great suppression of fine-structure splitting (FSS) is demonstrated in self-assembled GaAs quantum dots (QDs) grown on AlGaAs(111)A surface. Due to the three-fold rotational symmetry of the growth plane, highly symmetric excitons with significantly reduced FSS are achieved. Scanning tunneling microscopy and cross-sectional transmission microscopy demonstrate a laterally symmetric dot shape with abrupt interface. Polarized photoluminescence spectra confirm excitonic transition with FSS smaller than ∼20 µeV, a substantial reduction from that of QDs grown on (100).

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