Self-limiting evolution of seeded quantum wires and dots on patterned substrates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Dimastrodonato, V ^a   Pelucchi, E ^a   Vvedensky, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAAS; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORETICAL MODELS; VERTICAL AXIS;

GALLIUM; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; VAPORS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84862528939     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.256102     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. M. Ozdemir and A. Zangwill, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 10, 684 (1992). JVTAD6 0734-2101 10.1116/1.577710
2. E. Kapon, D.M. Hwang, and R. Bhat, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 430 (1989). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.430
3. K. Dzurko, E. Menu, C. Beyler, J. Osinski, and P. Dapkus, Appl. Phys. Lett. 54, 105 (1989). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.101242
4. A. Madhukar, K.C. Rajkumar, and P. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 1547 (1993). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.108636
5. S. Koshiba, H. Noge, H. Akiyama, T. Inoshita, Y. Nakamura, A. Shimizu, Y. Nagamune, M. Tsuchiya, H. Kano, H. Sakaki, and K. Wada, Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 363 (1994). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.111967
6. P. Atkinson, M. Ward, S. Bremner, D. Anderson, T. Farrow, G. Jones, A. Shields, and D. Ritchie, Physica (Amsterdam) 32E, 21 (2006). PELNFM 1386-9477 10.1016/j.physe.2005.12.007 (Pubitemid 44287940)
7. S. Kiravittaya, A. Rastelli, and O.G. Schmidt, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 043112 (2006). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.2168494 (Pubitemid 43164092)
8. J. Skiba-Szymanska, A. Jamil, I. Farrer, M.B. Ward, C.A. Nicoll, D.J.P. Ellis, J.P. Griffiths, D. Anderson, G.A.C. Jones, D.A. Ritchie, and A.J. Shields, Nanotechnology 22, 065302 (2011). NNOTER 0957-4484 10.1088/0957-4484/ 22/6/065302
9. A. Hartmann, L. Loubies, F. Reinhardt, A. Gustafsson, A. Sadeghi, and E. Kapon, Appl. Surf. Sci. 123-124, 329 (1998). ASUSEE 0169-4332 10.1016/S0169-4332(97)00453-4
10. E. Kapon, G. Biasiol, D.M. Hwang, and E. Colas, Microelectron. J. MICEB9 0026-2692 26, 881 (1995). 10.1016/0026-2692(95)00049-6
11. M.H. Baier, S. Watanabe, E. Pelucchi, and E. Kapon, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 648 (2004). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.1643533
12. L.O. Mereni, V. Dimastrodonato, R.J. Young, and E. Pelucchi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 223121 (2009). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.3147213
13. A. Mohan, P. Gallo, M. Felici, B. Dwir, A. Rudra, J. Faist, and E. Kapon, Small 6, 1268 (2010). SMALBC 1613-6810 10.1002/smll.201000341
14. P. Gallo, M. Felici, B. Dwir, K.A. Atlasov, K.F. Karlsson, A. Rudra, A. Mohan, G. Biasiol, L. Sorba, and E. Kapon, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 263101 (2008). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.2952278
15. A. Mohan, M. Felici, P. Gallo, B. Dwir, A. Rudra, J. Faist, and E. Kapon, Nature Photon. 4, 302 (2010). NPAHBY 1749-4885 10.1038/nphoton.2010.2
16. G. Bester, S. Nair, and A. Zunger, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 67, 161306 (2003). 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.161306
17. M.A. Dupertuis, K.F. Karlsson, D.Y. Oberli, E. Pelucchi, A. Rudra, P.O. Holtz, and E. Kapon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 127403 (2011). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.127403
18. A.L.-S. Chua, E. Pelucchi, A. Rudra, B. Dwir, E. Kapon, A. Zangwill, and D.D. Vvedensky, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 013117 (2008). APPLAB 0003-6951 10.1063/1.2832370
19. A. Dalla Volta, D.D. Vvedensky, N. Gogneau, E. Pelucchi, A. Rudra, B. Dwir, E. Kapon, and C. Ratsch, Appl. Phys. Lett. APPLAB 0003-6951 88, 203104 (2006). 10.1063/1.2204441 (Pubitemid 43781807)
20. I. Horcas, R. Fernandez, J.M. Gomez-Rodriguez, J. Colchero, J. Gomez-Herrero, and A.M. Baro, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78, 013705 (2007). RSINAK 0034-6748 10.1063/1.2432410 (Pubitemid 46511822)
21. E. Pelucchi, V. Dimastrodonato, A. Rudra, K. Leifer, E. Kapon, L. Bethke, P.A. Zestanakis, and D.D. Vvedensky, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 1098-0121 83, 205409 (2011). 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205409
22. P. Chen, J.Y. Kim, A. Madhukar, and N.M. Cho, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B JVTBD9 1071-1023 4, 890 (1986). 10.1116/1.583533
23. T. Shitara, D.D. Vvedensky, M.R. Wilby, J. Zhang, J.H. Neave, and B. Joyce, Phys. Rev. B PRBMDO 0163-1829 46, 6815 (1992). 10.1103/PhysRevB.46.6815
24. E. Pelucchi, S. Watanabe, K. Leifer, Z. Zhu, B. Dwir, P. De Los Rios, and E. Kapon, Nano Lett. 7, 1282 (2007). NALEFD 1530-6984 10.1021/nl0702012 (Pubitemid 46834409)
25. A. Pimpinelli and J Villain, Physics of Crystal Growth (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998).
26. J. Gravesen, M. Willatzen, and L.C. Lew Yan Voon, J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.) JMAPAQ 0022-2488 46, 012107 (2005). 10.1063/1.1829376
27. T. Takebe, M. Fujii, T. Yamamoto, K. Fujiita, and T. Watanabe, J. Appl. Phys. 81, 7273 (1997). JAPIAU 0021-8979 10.1063/1.365548
28. See Supplemental Material at http://link.aps.org/supplemental/10.1103/ PhysRevLett.108.256102 for complementary geometry-related theoretical results.
29. G. Biasiol, Ph.D. thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1998.
30. Q. Zhu, E. Pelucchi, S. Dalessi, K. Leifer, M.-A. Dupertuis, and E. Kapon, Nano Lett. 6, 1036 (2006). NALEFD 1530-6984 10.1021/nl060066d (Pubitemid 43841427)
31. G. Juska, V. Dimastrodonato, L.O. Mereni, A. Gocalinska, and E. Pelucchi (unpublished).