Synchrotron high angular resolution microdiffraction analysis of selective area grown optoelectronic waveguide arrays

A. Kazimirov, A. A. Sirenko, D. H. Bilderback, Z. H. Cai, B. Lai, R. Huang, A. Ougazzaden

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Abstract

A synchrotron microbeam high-angular resolution diffraction setup based on a phase zone plate and a perfect Si(004) analyzer crystal was introduced to generate an x-ray microbeam with a lateral size of 0.24 νm and an angular resolution of 2 arcsec. The microbeam high angular resolution x-ray diffraction was applied to study InGaAlAs-based multiple quantum well (MQW) ridge-waveguide arrays produced by metal-organic vapour-phase epitaxy in a selective area growth regime with a central waveguide width varying from 1.6 to 60 νm. The analysis of the period T and the strain S in MQW ridge structures determined from the high-resolution diffraction data is presented. It was found that the MQW period is uniform across the ridge within the error bar of ΔT = 0.25 nm. Within the waveguide array, the MQW period and strain can be adequately described by a gas-phase diffusion model.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1422-1426
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Volume39
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 7 2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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