Punctuated island growth: An approach to examination and control of quantum dot density, size, and shape evolution

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-87

  Mukhametzhanov, I ^a   Wei, Z ^a   Heitz, R ^a   Madhukar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEPOSITION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

EPITAXICAL ISLAND QUANTUM DOTS; PUNCTUATED ISLAND GROWTH (PIG);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0032622130     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124284     Document Type: Article

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