MBE grown GaAsBi/GaAs double quantum well separate confinement heterostructures

GaAsBi/GaAs double quantum wells and double quantum well separate confinement heterostructures are grown at low temperatures using molecular beam epitaxy. Methods of achieving identical quantum wells in double quantum well structures without growth interruption are proposed and implemented. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy and room temperature photoluminescence measurements indicate that the samples have excellent structural and optical properties. The high optical quality of the samples is attributed to the surfactant effect of Bi throughout the low temperature growth of GaAs and AlGaAs layers. The proposed approach can be extended to grow laser diode structures with multiple quantum well separate confinement heterostructures containing more identical quantum wells. (C) 2013 American Vacuum Society.