GaAs surface passivation for InAs/GaAs quantum dot based nanophotonic devices
Chellu, Abhiroop; Koivusalo, Eero; Raappana, Marianna; Ranta, Sanna; Polojärvi, Ville; Tukiainen, Antti; Lahtonen, Kimmo; Saari, Jesse; Valden, Mika; Seppänen, Heli; Lipsanen, Harri; Guina, Mircea; Hakkarainen, Teemu (2021)
Chellu, Abhiroop
Koivusalo, Eero
Raappana, Marianna
Ranta, Sanna
Polojärvi, Ville
Tukiainen, Antti
Lahtonen, Kimmo
Saari, Jesse
Valden, Mika
Seppänen, Heli
Lipsanen, Harri
Guina, Mircea
Hakkarainen, Teemu
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202112209404
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Several passivation techniques are developed and compared in terms of their ability to preserve the optical properties of close-to-surface InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs). In particular, the influence of N-passivation by hydrazine chemical treatment, N-passivation by hydrazine followed by atomic layer deposition (ALD) of AlOx and use of AlNx deposited by plasma-enhanced ALD are reported. The effectiveness of the passivation is benchmarked by measuring the emission linewidths and decay rates of photo-carriers for the near-surface QDs. All three passivation mechanisms resulted in reducing the oxidation of Ga and As atoms at the GaAs surface and consequently in enhancing the room-temperature photoluminescence (PL) intensity. However, long-term stability of the passivation effect is exhibited only by the hydrazine + AlOx process and more significantly by the AlNx method. Moreover, in contrast to the results obtained from hydrazine-based methods, the AlNx passivation strongly reduces the spectral diffusion of the QD exciton lines caused by charge fluctuations at the GaAs surface. The AlNx passivation is found to reduce the surface recombination velocity by three orders of magnitude (corresponding to an increase of room-temperature PL signal by ∼1030 times). The reduction of surface recombination velocity is demonstrated on surface-sensitive GaAs (100) and the passivating effect is stable for more than one year. This effective method of passivation, coupled with its stability in time, is extremely promising for practical device applications such as quantum light sources based on InAs/GaAs QDs positioned in small-volume photonic cavities and hence in the proximity of GaAs-air interface.
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