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KeyWords Plus: SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; INDEX SURFACES; (311)B GaAs; RECONSTRUCTIONS; GaAs(112)
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Self-organized InAs quantum dots were grown by molecular-beam epitaxy on the GaAs ((1) over bar(1) over bar(3) over bar) B surface. Atomically-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy images were acquired in situ. Each quantum dot grows with the same orientation relative to the substrate, with mirror symmetry to the ((1) over bar 10) plane perpendicular to the surface, and with its central part sitting on a flat base. The shape of the central part is given by {110} and ((1) over bar(1) over bar(1) over bar) B bounding facets and a not-further-resolved round region. High-index surfaces such as ((1) over bar(5) over bar(5) over bar) B, ((3) over bar(1) over bar(5) over bar) B, and probably ((1) over bar(1) over bar(2) over bar) B are derived for the base.