Temperature Dependent and Time Resolved Optical Studies of Single Quantum Wells Produced by Interrupted Growth MBE

1986 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Elman ◽  
Emil S. Koteles ◽  
C. Jagannath ◽  
Y. J. Chen ◽  
S. Charbonneau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Single Quantum ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial ◽  
Decay Times ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth

ABSTRACTMultiple peaks, recently observed in the low temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra of GaAs/AlGaAs single quantum wells fabricated by momentarily interrupting the molecular beam epitaxial growth between adjacent but different semiconductor layers, have been interpreted as originating within smooth regions in the quantum well layer differing in width by exactly one monolayer. We have observed similar structure in similarly grown samples but find that low temperature PL can be misleading. However, higher temperature PL or PL excitation spectroscopy do provide unambiguous evidence for the model of interface smoothing due to growth interruption. Further, time-resolved spectra yield decay times of the individual peaks which are consistent with this idea.

Indium adatom migration during molecular beam epitaxial growth of strained InGaAs/GaAs single quantum wells

1989 ◽  
Vol 55 (25) ◽  
pp. 2611-2613 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Arent ◽  
S. Nilsson ◽  
Y. D. Galeuchet ◽  
H. P. Meier ◽  
W. Walter
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Single Quantum ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth

Time-resolved photoluminescence studies of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Allègre ◽  
P. Lefebvre ◽  
S. Juillaguet ◽  
W. Knap ◽  
J. Camassel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Multiple Quantum Well ◽  
Stimulated Emission ◽  
Multiple Quantum ◽  
Nitrogen Laser ◽  
Energy Position ◽  
Blue Band ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Decay Times

We report both cw and time resolved optical investigations performed on an InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well grown by MOVPE on <0001>-oriented sapphire substrate. At low temperature we find a strong “blue” luminescence band, of which energy position corresponds well with the wavelength of stimulated emission when excited with a nitrogen laser. We show that this PL band appears systematically red-shifted with respect to the QWs features, which supports a standard picture of fluctuations of the indium composition. Coming to the time-resolved data, we find at low temperature at least two “blue” band components which are both associated with long decay times (up to 4-5 ns at 8K). The decay time is temperature dependent and, when rising the temperature, the recombination rate increases. At room temperature, we reach typical values in the range ~100 to 500 ps.

Optical Properties of Zn0.46Cd0.54Se/Zn0.24Cd0.25Mg0.51Se Multiple Quantum Wells for Infrared Photodetector Applications

2006 ◽  
Vol 952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuecong Zhou ◽  
Shengkun Zhang ◽  
Hong Lu ◽  
Aidong Shen ◽  
Wubao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Quantum Cascade Lasers ◽  
Multiple Quantum Wells ◽  
Multiple Quantum ◽  
Infrared Photodetector ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Luminescence Efficiency ◽  
Decay Times

ABSTRACTRecently, lattice-matched Zn0.46Cd0.54Se/ZnCdMgSe multiple-quantum-wells (MQWs) have been recognized as very promising materials to fabricate intersubband (ISB) devices such as quantum cascade lasers and mid-infrared photoconductors. These structures have important applications in biological and chemical detections. The ISB transition covers a wide mid-infrared wavelength range from 1.3 μm to a few tens of μm.In this work, two heavily doped n-Zn0.46Cd0.54Se/Zn0.24Cd0.25Mg0.51Se MQW structures have been grown on InP (001) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy. Temperature dependent steady-state photoluminescence (SSPL), temperature dependent time- resolved photoluminescence (TRPL), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were performed to characterize their interband and ISB properties. These two MQW samples have similar structures except different well widths and different number of periods. The integrated SSPL intensities and the PL decay times of the MQWs were measured as functions of temperature in the range from 77 K to 290 K. The luminescence efficiency of the sample with 28 Å well width is larger than that of the sample with 42 Å well width although both samples exhibit similar temperature dependence of PL intensity. Time-resolved PL measurements show that the PL decay times of both samples decrease with increasing temperature. From 77 K to 290 K, the decay time of the sample with 28 Å well width is in the range of 440 ps ∼ 120 ps and is much longer than that of the sample with 42 Å well width, which is in the range of 65 ps ∼ 25 ps. Strong non-radiative recombinations dominate the luminescence behavior of the wider MQWs. Intersubband absorption spectra of the samples were measured by FTIR and show peak absorption at wavelengths of 3.99 μm and 5.35 μm for the MQWs with well widths of 28 Å and 42 Å, respectively, falling within the 3-5 Åm range, which is of great interest for the infrared photodetector applications.

Photoluminescence Studies of a Quantum Well Modulated by Faceting on Gaas (110) Surfaces

1993 ◽  
Vol 312 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tomiya ◽  
C. M. Reaves ◽  
M. Krishnamurthy ◽  
M. Wassermeier ◽  
D. Bimberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Epitaxial Growth ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Interface Roughness ◽  
Vicinal Surface ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial ◽  
Photoluminescence Studies ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth

AbstractStep bunching during epitaxial growth results in the transformation of a vicinal surface into a periodic array of micro-facets. Molecular beam epitaxial growth on the vicinal GaAs (110) surface exhibits this phenomenon which has primarily been characterized by electron microscopy. GaAs quantum wells with AlAs barriers were grown on GaAs(110) substrates vicinal 0.5-2· towards [010]. The faceting on the vicinal surface creates two distinct quantum well thicknesses. While most of the quantum well is 96Å thick, it broadens at the faceted regions. This thickness modulation produces two distinct luminescence peaks. By using temperature dependent photoluminescence, we have observed trends in exciton mobility. The exciton mobility decreases at low temperatures for the 1.0° and 2.0° samples, indicating a scattering mechanism. We will discuss interface roughness and other sources of scattering.

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