How kinetics drives the two- to three-dimensional transition in semiconductor strained heterostructures: The case of InAs/GaAs(001)

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Arciprete, F. [1 ]
Placidi, E. [1 ]
Sessi, V. [1 ]
Fanfoni, M. [1 ]
Patella, F. [1 ]
Balzarotti, A. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2006年 / 89卷 / 04期
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10.1063/1.2234845
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The two- to three-dimensional growth mode transition in the InAs/GaAs(001) heterostructure has been investigated by means of atomic force microscopy. The kinetics of the density of three-dimensional islands indicates two transition onsets at 1.45 and 1.59 ML of InAs coverage, corresponding to two separate families, small and large dots. According to the scaling analysis and volume measurements, the transition between the two families of quantum dots and the explosive nucleation of the large ones is triggered by the erosion of the step edges. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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