Photoluminescence of a single InAs/AlAs quantum dot

Micro-photoluminescence (μ-PL) of a simple InAs/AlAs quantum dot (QD) has been studied. It has been found that the μ-PL emission related to the recombination in a single QD is strongly broadened probably due to spectral diffusion. Emissions related to the recombination of biexcitons and excitons occupying excited levels of the QD are observed in μ-PL spectra at high excitation power densities. A red shift of the μ-PL emissions related to recombination of excitons in the ground and excited levels of the QD with increasing excitation power gives clear evidence for type I alignment of the InAs/AlAs QD. (copyright 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (orig.)