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Lawrence H. Friedman
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Heteroepitaxial self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) will allow breakthroughs in electronics and optoelectronics. SAQDs are a result of Stranski-Krastanow growth whereby a growing planar film becomes unstable after an initial wetting layer is formed. Common systems are Ge$_{x}$Si$_{1-x}$/Si and In$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As/GaAs. For applications, SAQD arrays need to be ordered. The role of crystal anisotropy, random initial conditions and thermal fluctuations in influencing SAQD order during early stages of SAQD formation is studied through a simple stochastic model of surface diffusion. Surface diffusion is analyzed through a linear and perturbatively nonlinear analysis. The role of crystal anisotropy in enhancing SAQD order is elucidated. It is also found that SAQD order is enhanced when the deposited film is allowed to evolve at heights near the critical wetting surface height that marks the onset of non-planar film growth.
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Epitaxial self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) represent an important step in the advancement of semiconductor fabrication at the nanoscale that will allow breakthroughs in electronics and optoelectronics. In these applications, order is a key factor. Here, the role of crystal anisotropy in promoting order during early stages of SAQD formation is studied through a linear analysis of a commonly used surface evolution model. Elastic anisotropy is used a specific example. It is found that there are two relevant and predictable correlation lengths. One of them is related to crystal anisotropy and is crucial for determining SAQD order. Furthermore, if a wetting potential is included in the model, it is found that SAQD order is enhanced when the deposited film is allowed to evolve at heights near the critical surface height for three-dimensional film growth.
In the Ge on Si model heteroepitaxial system, metal patterns on the silicon surface provide unprecedented control over the morphology of highly ordered Ge islands. Island shape including nanorods and truncated pyramids is set by the metal species and substrate orientation. Analysis of island faceting elucidates the prominent role of the metal in promoting growth of preferred facet orientations while investigations of island composition and structure reveal the importance of Si-Ge intermixing in island evolution. These effects reflect a remarkable combination of metal-mediated growth phenomena that may be exploited to tailor the functionality of island arrays in heteroepitaxial systems.
Epitaxial self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) are of interest for nanostructured optoelectronic and electronic devices such as lasers, photodetectors and nanoscale logic. Spatial order and size order of SAQDs are important to the development of usabl
e devices. It is likely that these two types of order are strongly linked; thus, a study of spatial order will also have strong implications for size order. Here a study of spatial order is undertaken using a linear analysis of a commonly used model of SAQD formation based on surface diffusion. Analytic formulas for film-height correlation functions are found that characterize quantum dot spatial order and corresponding correlation lengths that quantify order. Initial atomic-scale random fluctuations result in relatively small correlation lengths (about two dots) when the effect of a wetting potential is negligible; however, the correlation lengths diverge when SAQDs are allowed to form at a near-critical film height. The present work reinforces previous findings about anisotropy and SAQD order and presents as explicit and transparent mechanism for ordering with corresponding analytic equations. In addition, SAQD formation is by its nature a stochastic process, and various mathematical aspects regarding statistical analysis of SAQD formation and order are presented.
Strained coherent heteroepitaxy of III-V semiconductor films such as In$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As/GaAs has potential for electronic and optoelectronic applications such as high density logic, quantum computing architectures, laser diodes, and other optoelectronic devices. Crystal symmetry can have a large effect on the morphology of these films and their spatial order. Often the formation of group IV strained heterostructures such as Ge deposited on Si is analyzed using analytic models based on the Asaro-Tiller-Grinfeld instability. However, the governing dynamics of III-V 3D heterostructure formation has different symmetry and is more anisotropic. The additional anisotropy appears in both the surface energy and the diffusivity. Here, the resulting anisotropic governing dynamics are studied to linear order. The resulting possible film morphologies are compared with experimentally observed In$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$As/GaAs films. Notably it is found that surface-energy anisotropy plays a role at least as important as surface diffusion anisotropy if not more so, in contrast to previous suppositions.
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