Strain distribution in arbitrarily shaped quantum dots with nonuniform composition

被引：24

作者：

Chu, HJ ^{[1
]}

Wang, J

机构：

[1] Peking Univ, State Key Lab Turbulence & Complex Syst, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

[2] Peking Univ, Dept Mech & Engn Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 2005年 / 98卷 / 03期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1063/1.2001154

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Extensive research over the past several years has revealed graded composition and strong atomistic intermixing between a quantum dot (QD) and its surrounding material. In this paper, the strain and stress fields induced by a QD with an initial misfit strain due to its nonuniform composition are investigated. A general expression of the stress field for an arbitrarily shaped QD structure with a nonuniform composition is presented. It is found that the hydrostatic stress and strain are proportional to the initial misfit strain inside the QD but vanish outside it. The stress field in an arbitrarily shaped QD with a linearly graded composition is studied in detail, and a simple formula containing integrals over the boundary of the QD is derived. It can greatly simplify the numerical calculation of the elastic fields. Based on this formula, a closed-form analytical solution for a cuboidal QD with a linearly graded composition is obtained. It is also demonstrated that the strains inside and around the QD are sensitive to both the composition and the height of the QD in the growth direction. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

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