Metamorphic InAs/InGaAs/InAlAs quantum wells with submonolayer InSb insertions emitted in the mid-infrared spectral range


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Abstract

Metamorphic InAs/InGaAs/InAlAs quantum wells with submonolayer InSb insertions have been grown for the first time by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs (001) substrates using a graded InAlAs buffer layer with increasing In composition. The given nanoheterostructures demonstrate an intense photoluminescence at a wavelength of over of over 3 μm (80 K), which is shifted toward longer wavelengths as compared with that of the structures without InSb insertions.

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V. A. Solov’ev

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

M. Yu. Chernov

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

B. Ya. Mel’tser

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

A. N. Semenov

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

Ya. V. Terent’ev

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

D. D. Firsov

St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI)

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197376

O. S. Komkov

St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI)

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 197376

S. V. Ivanov

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: vasol@beam.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

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