Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, Vol.17, No.3, 1155-1157, 1999
GaAs/GaAs0.8P0.2 quantum wells grown on (n11)A GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy
We investigated optical properties of GaAs/GaAs1-xPx(x similar or equal to 0.2) quantum wells (QWs) with each well width (L-w) of 2.7-10.0 nm grown on (100) and (n11)A GaAs substrates (n=3, 4, 5) by molecular beam epitaxy with the use of P-2 and As-4 molecular beams generated from polycrystalline Gap chunk and solid As sources. It was found that the P contents (x) in GaAs1-xPx layers strongly depend on both the substrate orientation and substrate temperature (T-s). In the whole range of the T-s (535-640 degrees C), the largest P contents (x=0.19-0.23) were observed in the (411)A GaAs1-xPx layers, and the (100) GaAs1-xPx layers showed the smallest x (0.08-0.18). The full width at half maximum of photoluminescence (PL) peak (lambda = 758 nm) from the (411)A GaAs/GaAsP QW with L-w = 2.7 nm was as small as 5 meV which is only 66% of that of the (100) QW probably due to improved interface flatness of the (411)A QW. Furthermore, the PL intensities of the (411)A and (311)A QWs were more than one order of magnitude larger in intensity than that of the (100) QWs.