Volume 3, Issue 4 pp. 887-890
Original Paper

Anisotropic spatial correlation of CdSe/Zn(S)Se quantum dot stacks grown by MBE

E. Roventa

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E. Roventa

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Otto Hahn Allee, 28359 Bremen, Germany

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G. Alexe

G. Alexe

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Otto Hahn Allee, 28359 Bremen, Germany

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M. Schowalter

M. Schowalter

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Otto Hahn Allee, 28359 Bremen, Germany

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R. Kröger

R. Kröger

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Otto Hahn Allee, 28359 Bremen, Germany

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D. Hommel

D. Hommel

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Otto Hahn Allee, 28359 Bremen, Germany

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A. Rosenauer

A. Rosenauer

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Otto Hahn Allee, 28359 Bremen, Germany

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First published: 07 March 2006
Citations: 2

Abstract

Spatial correlation of five- and ten-fold stacks of CdSe quantum dots separated by Zn(S)Se spacers with different thicknesses has been investigated in plan-view and cross-section geometry using transmission electron microscopy and compared with grazing incidence x-ray results. For different spacer layer thicknesses investigations revealed a strain induced ordering process which breaks down for spacer layers thicker than 8 nm. An anisotropy of the lateral alignment of the quantum dots was also found, connected with the anisotropic strain distribution around the quantum dots and surface diffusion. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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