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Room-temperature continuous-wave operation of InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers directly grown on on-axis silicon (001) has been demonstrated. A 420 nm thick GaAs epilayer completely free of antiphase domains was initially grown on the…
The purpose of this research is to study laser dynamics of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Lasers (QDLs) by changing QD energy levels. To date, most of the investigations have focused on only one of these circumstances, and hardly the result of…
The photocurrent and the small-signal photoconductance of InGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well structures were studied at the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The optical excitation was carried out at the quantum wells intrinsic absorption…
Most self-assembled quantum dot molecules are intrinsically asymmetric with inequivalent dots resulting from imperfect control of crystal growth. We have grown vertically-aligned pairs of InAs/GaAs quantum dots by molecular beam epitaxy,…
InGaAs/GaAsBi/InGaAs quantum wells (QWs) were grown on GaAs substrates by gas source molecular beam epitaxy for realizing the type II band-edge line-up. Both type I and type II transitions were observed in the Bi containing W QWs and the…
The electronic continuum states of InAs/GaAs semiconductor quantum dots embedded in a GaAs/AlAs superlattice are theoretically investigated and the far infrared absorption spectra are calculated for a variety of structures and…
We studied the size distribution and its scaling behavior of self-assembled InAlAs/AlGaAs quantum dots (QDs) grown on GaAs with the Stranski-Krastanov (SK) mode by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), at both 480{\deg}C and 510{\deg}C, as a…
We have performed near-field spectroscopy and microscopy of the InAs/AlGaAs quantum-dot-based nanoclusters. It is observed that the photoluminescence spectra of spatially confined excitons in the nanoclusters is blue-shifted up to 20 meV as…
Geometric phase analysis has been applied to high resolution aberration corrected (scanning) transmission electron microscopy images of InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) materials. We show quantitatively how the lattice mismatch induced strain…
InAs nanowires were grown on GaAs substrates by the Au-assisted vapour-liquid-solid (VLS) method in a gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GS-MBE) system. Passivation of the InAs nanowires using InP shells proved difficult due to the tendency…
By using a C3v symmetric (111) surface as a growth substrate, we are able to achieve high structural symmetry in self-assembled quantum dots, which are suitable for use as quantum-entangled photon emitters. Here we report on the wavelength…
Ultra-precise lattice parameter measurements in single crystals are achievable, in principle, by X-ray multiple diffraction (XMD) experiments. Tiny sample misalignments have hindered the systematic usage of XMD in studies where accuracy is…
Precise lattice parameter measurements in single crystals are achievable, in principle, by X-ray multiple diffraction (MD) experiments. Tiny sample misalignments can compromise systematic usage of MD in studies where accuracy is an…
A theoretical interpretation of the photoluminescence excitation spectra of self-organized polar GaN/(Al,Ga)N quantum dots is proposed. A numerical method assuming a realistic shape of the dots and including the built-in electric field…
We have studied the emission properties of individual InAs quantum dots (QDs) grown in an InGaAsP matrix on InP(100) by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy. Low-temperature microphotoluminescence spectroscopy shows emission from single QDs…
We demonstrate experimental results based on time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy to determine the oscillator strength (OS) and the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of InGaAs quantum dots (QDs). Using a strain-reducing layer (SRL)…
We report a direct STM observation of Ge hut array nucleation on the Si(001) surface during ultrahigh vacuum molecular-beam epitaxy at 360C. Nuclei of pyramids and wedges have been observed on the wetting layer MxN patches starting from the…
Surface energies play a dominant role in the self-assembly of three dimensional (3D) nanostructures. In this letter, we show that using surfactants to modify surface energies can provide a means to externally control nanostructure…
Self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs) have properties highly valuable for developing various optoelectronic devices such as QD lasers and single photon sources. The applications strongly rely on the density and quality of these dots,…
Selective area growth (SAG) of nanowires and networks promise a route toward scalable electronics, photonics and quantum devices based on III-V semiconductor materials. The potential of high-mobility SAG nanowires however is not yet fully…