Droplet epitaxy of semiconductor nanostructures for quantum photonic devices

M Gurioli, Z Wang, A Rastelli, T Kuroda… - Nature materials, 2019 - nature.com
The long dreamed 'quantum internet'would consist of a network of quantum nodes (solid-
state or atomic systems) linked by flying qubits, naturally based on photons, travelling over …

Ultra-small excitonic fine structure splitting in highly symmetric quantum dots on GaAs (001) substrate

YH Huo, A Rastelli, OG Schmidt - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We prepare symmetry-controlled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots (QDs) on (001) GaAs
substrates by infilling GaAs into AlGaAs nanoholes. For the most symmetric QDs, we …

Droplet epitaxy for advanced optoelectronic materials and devices

J Wu, ZM Wang - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Droplet epitaxy was proposed to fabricate quantum dots in the early 1990s. Even though
many research efforts have been devoted to droplet epitaxy since then, it is only until …

Independent wavelength and density control of uniform GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots grown by infilling self-assembled nanoholes

P Atkinson, E Zallo, OG Schmidt - Journal of applied Physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Very low density growth of GaAs quantum dots in self-assembled nanoholes created by
gallium droplet etching is demonstrated. The emission energy of the quantum dots can be …

Enhancing the optical excitation efficiency of a single self-assembled quantum dot with a plasmonic nanoantenna

M Pfeiffer, K Lindfors, C Wolpert, P Atkinson… - Nano …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate how the controlled positioning of a plasmonic nanoparticle modifies the
photoluminescence of a single epitaxial GaAs quantum dot. The antenna particle leads to an …

Strain-induced tuning of the emission wavelength of high quality GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in the spectral range of the 87Rb D2 lines

S Kumar, R Trotta, E Zallo, JD Plumhof… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Reversible biaxial strains are used for tuning the emission wavelengths of high quality
GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots (QDs) in the spectral range of the 87 Rb D 2 lines. The strain is …

Dynamics of mass transport during nanohole drilling by local droplet etching

C Heyn, T Bartsch, S Sanguinetti, D Jesson… - Nanoscale research …, 2015 - Springer
Local droplet etching (LDE) utilizes metal droplets during molecular beam epitaxy for the self-
assembled drilling of nanoholes into III/V semiconductor surfaces. An essential process …

Mechanism of nucleation and critical layer formation during In/GaAs droplet epitaxy

SV Balakirev, MS Solodovnik, MM Eremenko… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Fabrication of A III BV nanostructures by droplet epitaxy has many advantages over
other epitaxial techniques. Although various characteristics of the growth by droplet epitaxy …

Droplet etching of deep nanoholes for filling with self-aligned complex quantum structures

A Küster, C Heyn, A Ungeheuer, G Juska… - Nanoscale research …, 2016 - Springer
Strain-free epitaxial quantum dots (QDs) are fabricated by a combination of Al local droplet
etching (LDE) of nanoholes in AlGaAs surfaces and subsequent hole filling with GaAs. The …

Fundamental role of arsenic flux in nanohole formation by Ga droplet etching on GaAs (001)

D Fuster, Y González, L González - Nanoscale research letters, 2014 - Springer
Nanoholes with a depth in the range of tens of nanometers can be formed on GaAs (001)
surfaces at a temperature of 500° C by local etching after Ga droplet formation. In this work …