Elsevier, Journal of Crystal Growth, 23(310), p. 5066-5068
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2008.07.069
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The blue shift of metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy grown 1.3μm InGaAs quantum dot (QD) emission wavelength during stacking and overgrowth is investigated. Defect generation in the vicinity or with the QD layers is identified as the major source for the blue shift of the photoluminescence. Defect reduction by optimisation of growth parameters leads to efficient suppression of the blue shift. Thereby, 6-fold stacked InGaAs QD laser structures with negligible blue shift of only 20nm are realized at 1.3μm wavelength. First devices emit at 1281nm exhibiting threshold current densities of 600A/cm2.