STRAIN-INDUCED LATERAL BAND-GAP MODULATION IN SI1-XGEX/SI QUANTUM-WELL AND QUANTUM-WIRE STRUCTURES

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作者
USAMI, N
SUNAMURA, H
MINE, T
FUKATSU, S
SHIRAKI, Y
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[1] Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153
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10.1016/0022-0248(95)80102-I
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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We demonstrate two methods to induce lateral band gap modulation in buried Si1-xGex/Si quantum well structures (QWs). The basic feature of the first one is to utilize the generation of inhomogeneous strain field due to two-dimensional to three-dimensional growth mode transition of SiGe/Si heterostructures in gas-source molecular beam epitaxy. The second one is to grow SiGe/Si QWs directly on artificially-v-grooved Si substrates. The both were found to be useful for inducing lateral band gap modulation as evidenced by photoluminescence spectroscopy.
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页码:1065 / 1069
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