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Self-organised Ge dot superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy of Ge and Si layers utilizing Stranski-Krastanov growth mode were investigated by Raman spectroscopy. An average size of Ge quantum dots was obtained from transmission electron microscopy measurements. The strain and interdiffusion of Ge and Si atoms in Ge quantum dots were estimated from the analysis of frequency positions of optical phonons observed in the Raman spectra. Raman scattering by folded longitudinal acoustic phonons in the Ge dot superlattices was observed and explained using of elastic continuum theory.
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Received 25 January 2000
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Milekhin, A., Stepina, N., Yakimov, A. et al. Raman scattering of Ge dot superlattices. Eur. Phys. J. B 16, 355–359 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510070236
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510070236