Lateral ordering, position, and number control of self-organized quantum dots: The key to future functional nanophotonic devices

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1140-1149

  Nötzel, Richard ^a   Sritirawisarn, Nut ^a   Selçuk, Ekber ^a   Anantathanasarn, Sanguan ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Patterned substrate; Quantum dot (QD); Selective area growth; Self organization; Strain engineering

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BEAM EPITAXY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID NITROGEN; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; METALS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE-PASSIVE INTEGRATION; CHEMICAL-; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; EMISSION WAVE LENGTH; INGAASP/INP; LATERAL ORDERING; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; NITROGEN TEMPERATURES; PATTERNED SUBSTRATE; PHOTONIC; QD ARRAYS; QUANTUM DOT (QD); QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SELECTIVE-AREA GROWTH; SELF-ORGANIZATION; SELF-ORGANIZED; SELF-ORGANIZED ANISOTROPIC STRAIN ENGINEERING; SELF-ORGANIZED QUANTUM DOTS; SHARP EMISSION; STRAIN ENGINEERING; SUB MICROMETERS; SUPER LATTICES; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; WAVE GUIDE STRUCTURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 48949089865     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918251     Document Type: Article

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