Temperature-Dependent Optical Properties and Bandgap Characteristics of InAs/GaAs Sub-monolayer Quantum Dot Investigated by Photoreflectance Spectroscopy

Abstract

InAs/GaAs submonolayer quantum dots (SML-QD) were investigated by temperature dependent photoreflectance (PR) spectroscopy. To investigate the optical properties of SML-QD, GaAs and InAs SML-QD related PR spectra were monitored at different temperatures. Two notable signals were observed in the SML-QD and GaAs regions. The PR spectra of SML-QD region were interpreted by the third-derivative functional form method. We observe the oscillatory signal above the GaAs band gap energy (Eg) due to the Franz-Keldysh effect caused by an interface electric field (F). At room temperature, the PR transition of SML-QD was obtained at near ~1.3 eV with a broadening of 29.5 meV. The F was obtained from the Aspnes’ numerical PR analysis. The F was changed from 14 to 12 kV/cm by decreasing the temperature from 300 to 140 K causing a thermal induced carrier distribution near the interfaces.