Metamorphic InAs/InGaAs Quantum Dot Heterostructures for Single-Photon Generation in the C-Band Spectral Range
摘要
Heterostructures with InAs/InGaAs quantum dots and InxGa1–xAs/GaAs(001) metamorphic buffer layers are grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. The structures are designed to obtain single-photon emission in the telecommunication C-band wavelength range. The possibility of reducing the thickness of the InxGa1–xAs graded layer in order to form efficient microcavity structures with a cavity length as small as two wavelengths is examined. The structures with metamorphic buffer layers grown on top of an Al0.9Ga0.1As/GaAs distributed Bragg reflector are grown and characterized by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy.