Comparison of luminescent efficiency of InGaAs quantum well structures grown on Si, GaAs, Ge, and SiGe virtual substrate

In order to study the luminescent efficiency of InGaAs quantum wells on Si via SiGe interlayers, identical In0.2Ga0.8As quantum well structures with GaAs and Al0.25Ga0.75As cladding layers were grown on several substrates by an atmospheric metalorganic vapor deposition system. The substrates used in...

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description In order to study the luminescent efficiency of InGaAs quantum wells on Si via SiGe interlayers, identical In0.2Ga0.8As quantum well structures with GaAs and Al0.25Ga0.75As cladding layers were grown on several substrates by an atmospheric metalorganic vapor deposition system. The substrates used include GaAs, Si, Ge, and SiGe virtual substrates. The SiGe virtual substrates were graded from Si substrates to 100% Ge content. Because of the small lattice mismatch between GaAs and Ge (0.07%), high-quality GaAs-based thin films with threading dislocation densities
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