Technische Unversität Berlin

Tobias Nowozin

Dieter Bimberg

Andreas Marent

Martin Geller

An embodiment of the invention relates to a memory comprising a strained double-heterostructure having an inner semiconductor layer which is sandwiched between two outer semiconductor layers, wherein the lattice constant of the inner semiconductor layer differs from the lattice constants of the outer semiconductor layers, the resulting lattice strain in the double-heterostructure inducing the formation of at least one quantum dot inside the inner semiconductor layer, said at least one quantum dot being capable of storing charge carriers therein, and wherein, due to the lattice strain, the at least one quantum dot has an emission barrier of 1.15 eV or higher, and provides an energy state density of at least three energy states per 1000 nm, all said at least three energy states being located in an energy band of 50 meV or less.

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Tobias Nowozin