Long-range-ordered CdTeGaAs nanodot arrays grown as replicas of nanoporous alumina masks

Abstract

Long-range-ordered CdTe nanodot arrays with controlled size and density were grown on GaAs substrates by using molecular-beam epitaxy with ultrathin nanoporous alumina masks. The CdTeGaAs nanodot arrays were grown as replicas of the self-assembled porous alumina masks in spite of the large lattice mismatch between GaAs and CdTe. Using ultrathin alumina masks (ca. 200 nm in thickness), we fabricated CdTe nanodot arrays with uniform dot sizes in the ranges of 35 nm (with a density of ∼2.5× 1010 cm-2) and 80 nm (with a density of ∼8.1× 109 cm-2). This is the report on controlling both the size and the density of II-VI/III-V heterostructure semiconductor nanodots. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.