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This letter reports on the self-organized growth of nanoscale dot-like CdSe
-based islands during molecular beam epitaxy of CdSe/ZnSe nanostructures wi
th a CdSe thickness between 0.75 and 3.0 monolayers. An increase in the nom
inal CdSe thickness results in a higher density of islands (up to 2 X 10(10
) cm(-2)) and is accompanied by dramatic enhancement of the photoluminescen
ce efficiency. The density of large relaxed islands appears to saturate at
a value of (3-4) X 10(9) cm(-2). Room temperature (Zn, Mg)(S, Se)-based opt
ically pumped lasers with an extremely low threshold (less than 4 kW/cm(2))
, as well as (Be, Mg, Zn)Se-based injection laser diodes using a single (2.
5-2.8) monolayer thick CdSe active region, both demonstrating significantly
enhanced degradation stability, have been fabricated and studied. (C) 1999
American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)03804-8].