Enhanced Radiation Hardness of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Structures

A. Cavaco, M.C. Carmo, Marius Grundmann, F. Heinrichsdorff, D. Bimberg

physica status solidi (b) · 2001 · 45 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

The quenching of photoluminescence in InAs/GaAs quantum dots and quantum wells by 2 MeV electron irradiation is investigated. We demonstrate a much higher radiation hardness of the quantum dots. Possible mechanisms of this phenomenon are discussed in terms of the wavefunction localization and defect reactions.

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