CN109671823A - A kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and the method for extending its emission wavelength - Google Patents

A kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and the method for extending its emission wavelength Download PDF

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CN109671823A
CN109671823A CN201811500893.0A CN201811500893A CN109671823A CN 109671823 A CN109671823 A CN 109671823A CN 201811500893 A CN201811500893 A CN 201811500893A CN 109671823 A CN109671823 A CN 109671823A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and extend the method for its emission wavelength.The material structure includes: the quantum dot active region structure in antimony dopant source, which includes: the soakage layer, quantum dot layer and cap rock grown from bottom to top;It further comprise grown buffer layer, lower limit layer, above-mentioned quantum dot active region structure and upper limiting layer on substrate.Utilize the present invention, mixing antimony atoms under suitable growth conditions can be in conjunction with InAs quantum dot, form InAsSb ternary alloy three-partalloy, effectively shrink energy band band gap, the emission wavelength of InP-base quanta point material is extended, this method has great importance to the preparation of InP-base long wavelength quantum dot light emitting and sensitive detection parts.

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A kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and the method for extending its emission wavelength
Technical field
The present invention relates to photoelectric semiconductor material technical field more particularly to a kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and expansions The method for opening up its emission wavelength.
Background technique
The middle infrared lumious material and device of 1-3 mu m waveband are in the side such as communication, gas sensing, photoelectronic warfare, biomedicine Face, which exists, to be widely applied.Wherein at low cost, device technology is mature, it is integrated etc. to be more suitable for photoelectricity because having for InP-base luminescent material Many merits and be concerned.Quantum dot light emitting material has due to its unique three-dimensional quantum restriction effect than traditional quantum The more excellent property of trap luminescent material, for example, high electro-optical efficiency, ultralow threshold value current density, high temperature Stability, the differential gain of superelevation and high modulation bandwidth etc..Therefore, quantum dot light emitting material is always the heat of international research Point direction.
Current InP-base quantum dot light emitting material has reached its maturity in 1.3 μm and 1.55 μm wave band development nearby, however by In the limitation of material band gap and growing technology, the luminous of InP-base quantum dot is difficult to extend to long wavelength.It is adopted in spite of research group With the pattern of special growing method regulation quantum dot (Dot), quantum short-term (Dash) Lai Zhankuan luminescent spectrum coverage area is formed, To realize long emission wavelength (1.78 μm), but for extending to longer wavelength, regulated and controled using routine growth means still non- It is often difficult.
Summary of the invention
(1) technical problems to be solved
The problem that long wave (1.8 μm of >) difficulty is extended to for InP-base quanta point material emission wavelength, the invention discloses A kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and the method for extending its emission wavelength, at least partly to solve the above problems.
(2) technical solution
The invention discloses a kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure and extend the method for its emission wavelength, wherein the material Structure includes: the quantum dot active region structure in antimony dopant source, which includes: the infiltration grown from bottom to top Layer, quantum dot layer and cap rock.
Further, quantum dot active region structure is single layer, dual stack or dual stack or more.
Further, soakage layer InAs provides the island 3D for Quantum Dots Growth.
Further, quantum dot layer InAs, and antimony dopant source, as active area luminous material layer.
Further, cap rock is InGaAs material.
Further, the material structure further include in InP substrate grown buffer layer, lower limit layer, above-mentioned quantum dot have Source structure and upper limiting layer.
Further, InP substrate is n-type doping, p-type doping or semi-insulated InP substrate, and buffer layer is InP material, on Limiting layer and lower limit layer include InGaAs, InGaAsP or InAlAs.
Extension InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength method include:
The grown buffer layer on a substrate;
Lower limit layer is grown on the buffer layer;
The growth quantum point active area structure on lower limit layer, including grow from bottom to top soakage layer, quantum dot layer and Cap rock, and antimony source is introduced as dopant in quantum dot layer growth course;
Upper limiting layer is grown on quantum dot active region structure.
Further, introducing antimony source as dopant in quantum dot layer growth course includes:
The flow for being passed through antimony is 1-3000sccm, is passed through the time equal to quantum dot layer growth time.
Further, in the method for extending InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength, each layer growing method includes metal Organic chemical vapor deposition method, molecular beam epitaxy or chemical beam epitaxy.
(3) beneficial effect
InP-base quantum dot material structure provided by the invention is incited somebody to action by mixing antimony atoms during growth quantum point In its extension for being applied to InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength, the surfactant effect of antimony can regulate and control quantum dot Pattern broadens luminescent spectrum coverage area;The antimony atoms being incorporated to are capable of forming alloy, effectively shrink energy band band gap, and extension shines Wavelength.This method has great importance to the preparation of InP-base long wavelength quantum dot light emitting and sensitive detection parts.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the schematic cross-section of InP-base quantum dot light emitting material structure embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 be grown according to structure shown in FIG. 1 the InP-base quanta point material of preparation surface layer quantum dot atomic force it is aobvious Micro mirror scanning figure;
Fig. 3 is according to structure shown in FIG. 1, using conventional growth method and using the InP of the preparation of method shown in the present invention Base InAs quanta point material room temperature PL spectrum comparison diagram.
In Fig. 1:
01 buffer layer of substrate, 02 lower limit layer 03
04 quantum dot layer of soakage layer, 05 cap rock 06
07 soakage layer of upper limiting layer, 08 quantum dot layer 09
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To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with specific embodiment, and reference Attached drawing, the present invention is described in further detail.
It should be noted that similar or identical part all uses identical figure number in attached drawing or specification description.It is attached The implementation for not being painted or describing in figure is form known to a person of ordinary skill in the art in technical field.In addition, though this Text can provide the demonstration of the parameter comprising particular value, it is to be understood that parameter is equal to corresponding value without definite, but can connect It is similar to be worth accordingly in the error margin or design constraint received.In addition, the direction term mentioned in following embodiment, such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" etc. are only the directions with reference to attached drawing.Therefore, the direction term used be for Illustrate not to limit the present invention.
One embodiment of the invention provides a kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure, please refers to Fig. 1, and structure includes: doping The quantum dot active region structure in antimony source, the quantum dot active region structure include: the soakage layer grown from bottom to top, quantum dot layer and Cap rock.
In some embodiments, quantum dot active region structure is single layer, dual stack or dual stack or more.
In some embodiments, soakage layer InAs provides the island 3D for Quantum Dots Growth.
In some embodiments, quantum dot layer InAs, and antimony dopant source, as active area luminous material layer.
In some embodiments, cap rock is InGaAs material.
In some embodiments, which further includes grown buffer layer, lower limit layer, above-mentioned quantum in InP substrate Point active area structure and upper limiting layer.
In some embodiments, InP substrate is n-type doping, p-type doping or semi-insulated InP substrate, and buffer layer is InP material Material, upper limiting layer and lower limit layer include InGaAs, InGaAsP or InAlAs.
In the present embodiment, the soakage layer and quantum dot layer in quantum dot active region structure also grown on upper limiting layer, So as to use atomic force microscope further to carry out going deep into observation to this material structure.
The schematic cross-section of InP-base quantum dot light emitting material structure used in the present invention is given in Fig. 1.It is described below The implementation process of the method for specific example extension InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength provided by the invention.
Firstly, the grown buffer layer on a substrate;
In the present embodiment, substrate uses N-shaped InP substrate, substrate doping 3E17cm-3, 350 μm of thickness;Buffer layer is adopted With eigen I nP buffer layer, 645 DEG C of growth temperature, carrier concentration 1E16cm-3, thickness 300nm.
Secondly, growing lower limit layer on the buffer layer;
In the present embodiment, lower limit layer use with the matched InGaAsP lower limit layer of substrate, emission wavelength at 1.1 μm, 645 DEG C of growth temperature, thickness 200nm.
Then, the growth quantum point active area structure on lower limit layer, including soakage layer, the quantum dot grown from bottom to top Layer and cap rock, and antimony source is introduced as dopant in quantum dot layer growth course;
In some embodiments, introducing antimony source as dopant in quantum dot layer growth course includes:
The flow for being passed through antimony is 1-3000sccm, is passed through the time equal to quantum dot layer growth time;
In the present embodiment, using InAs soakage layer, 500 DEG C of growth temperature, thickness 0.6nm;
Then growth quantum point layer, 500 DEG C of growth temperature, thickness 6.64ML, the flow that antimony is passed through in growth course is 130sccm, being passed through the time is 8s, and the curing time is 20s after Quantum Dots Growth;
One cap rock of regrowth later, quantum dot layer grow In after curing immediately0.53Ga0.47As cap rock, growth temperature 500 DEG C, thickness 10nm;
So far, the preparation of quantum dot active region structure is completed.
Meanwhile the repeatable growth of the quantum dot active region structure, single layer, bilayer or multilayer are stacked, it can be various types of It is applied in semiconductor quantum dot laser, detector.
Then, upper limiting layer is grown on quantum dot active region structure;
In the present embodiment, using with the matched InGaAsP upper limiting layer of substrate, emission wavelength is at 1.1 μm, growth temperature 645 DEG C, thickness 200nm.
Finally, for convenient for mixing antimony atoms during growth quantum point to proposed by the present invention, and as extension A kind of Study on Feasibility of method of InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength, the embodiment of the present invention is in above-mentioned material After the completion of structure fabrication on upper limiting layer continued growth surface layer quantum dot, for atomic force microscope measurement surface topography with into The analysis of one step;
In the present embodiment, in one InAs soakage layer of upper limiting layer continued growth, 500 DEG C of growth temperature, thickness 0.6nm;With And a quantum dot layer, 500 DEG C of growth temperature, thickness 6.64ML, being passed through the flow of antimony in growth course is 130sccm, when being passed through Between be 8s, the curing time is 20s after Quantum Dots Growth.
After the completion of curing, 80 DEG C are cooled under the protection of arsenic antimony atmosphere, the present embodiment, which grows sample, to be completed.
Fig. 2 gives the surface layer quantum dot afm scan figure of the InP-base quanta point material of growth preparation.From figure In it can be seen that quantum dot pattern obtained effective regulation, due to mixing antimony atoms, the table of antimony during Quantum Dots Growth Face activating agent effect causes In atom obviously to be accelerated in the migration velocity of [1, -1,0], so as to form quantum short-term.Quantum is short The intrinsic heterogeneity of line has broadened spectral coverage, is conducive to obtain long emission wavelength.
In order to verify the InP-base quantum dot material structure illumination effect for using the present embodiment growth, in Material growth process After, the photoluminescence of the InP-base InAs quantum dot sample of Sb doped at room temperature is used by Fourier spectrometer measurement Spectrum, and the room temperature PL spectrum with the traditional InP-base InAs quantum dot sample not prepared using method provided in the present invention It compares, as a result as shown in Figure 3.As can be seen from the figure using the hair of the InP-base InAs quantum dot material structure of Sb doped Optical wavelength has obtained apparent extension, and from 1.6 μm of red shifts to 2 μm, this shows guaranteeing quantum dot material crystals peak position While quality, the appropriate antimony atoms being incorporated to are capable of forming alloy, effectively shrink energy band band gap, extend shining for quanta point material Wavelength.This method has great importance to the preparation of InP-base long wavelength quantum dot light emitting and sensitive detection parts.In addition, from Fig. 3 It can also be seen that, spectral width bigger using the InP-base InAs quantum dot material structure luminous intensity of the preparation of method shown in the present invention Spend wider, this surface density big with quantum dot shown in Fig. 2 and excellent Morphological control are closely bound up.
Particular embodiments described above has carried out further in detail the purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and beneficial effects Describe in detail bright, it should be understood that the above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, it is all Within the spirit and principles in the present invention, any modification, equivalent substitution, improvement and etc. done should be included in protection of the invention Within the scope of.

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1. a kind of InP-base quantum dot material structure characterized by comprising the quantum dot active region structure in antimony dopant source, it is described Quantum dot active region structure includes: the soakage layer, quantum dot layer and cap rock grown from bottom to top.
2. InP-base quantum dot material structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the quantum dot active region structure More than single layer, dual stack or dual stack.
3. InP-base quantum dot material structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the soakage layer is InAs, for amount Son point growth provides the island 3D.
4. InP-base quantum dot material structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the quantum dot layer is InAs, and Antimony dopant source, as active area luminous material layer.
5. InP-base quantum dot material structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the cap rock is InGaAs material.
6. InP-base quantum dot material structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that further include being grown in InP substrate Buffer layer, lower limit layer, the quantum dot active region structure and upper limiting layer.
7. InP-base quantum dot material structure according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the InP substrate be n-type doping, P-type doping or semi-insulated InP substrate, the buffer layer are InP material, and the upper limiting layer and lower limit layer include InGaAs, InGaAsP or InAlAs.
8. a kind of method for extending InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength characterized by comprising
The grown buffer layer on a substrate;
Lower limit layer is grown on the buffer layer;
The growth quantum point active area structure on lower limit layer, including the soakage layer, quantum dot layer and cap rock grown from bottom to top, And antimony source is introduced in quantum dot layer growth course as dopant;
Upper limiting layer is grown on quantum dot active region structure.
9. the method for extension InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength according to claim 8, which is characterized in that institute It states and introduces antimony source in quantum dot layer growth course and as dopant include:
The flow for being passed through antimony is 1-3000sccm, is passed through the time equal to quantum dot layer growth time.
10. the method for extension InP-base quantum dot material structure emission wavelength according to claim 8, which is characterized in that institute Stating each layer growing method includes metal-organic chemical vapor deposition equipment method, molecular beam epitaxy or chemical beam epitaxy.
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