Characterization of Nano-size Indium Cluster in InGaN/GaN Multiple QuantumWells with High Indium Composition

2003 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Koun Cho ◽  
Jeong Yong Lee

AbstractWe report the effect of strain-induced indium clustering on the emission properties of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells grown with high indium composition by MOCVD. Nanosize indium clustering confirmed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy results in the redshift of the emission peak and the increase of the integrated photoluminescence (PL) intensity. We found that strong carrier localization in indium clustering induces the increases of the activation energy of PL integrated intensity and the temperature independence of PL decay profiles. All these observations suggest structurally and optically that the improved emission properties in the InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well with high indium composition are associated with the localized states in the nano-size indium cluster.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Pin Hsu ◽  
Pong-Hong Yang ◽  
Jeng-Kuang Huang ◽  
Po-Hung Wu ◽  
Ying-Sheng Huang ◽  
...  

We report a detailed characterization of a Ge/Si0.16Ge0.84multiple quantum well (MQW) structure on Ge-on-Si virtual substrate (VS) grown by ultrahigh vacuum chemical vapor deposition by using temperature-dependent photoreflectance (PR) in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The PR spectra revealed a wide range of optical transitions from the MQW region as well as transitions corresponding to the light-hole and heavy-hole splitting energies of Ge-on-Si VS. A detailed comparison of PR spectral line shape fits and theoretical calculation led to the identification of various quantum-confined interband transitions. The temperature-dependent PR spectra of Ge/Si0.16Ge0.84MQW were analyzed using Varshni and Bose-Einstein expressions. The parameters that describe the temperature variations of various quantum-confined interband transition energies were evaluated and discussed.


1993 ◽  
Vol 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahn Goo Choo ◽  
Xuelong. Cao ◽  
Spirit Tlali ◽  
Howard E. Jackson ◽  
Peter Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractRaman and photoluminescence (PL) spectra have been used to characterize A10.3Ga0.7As/GaAs multiple quantum well (MQW) structures that have been patterned by focused ion beam (FIB) implantation followed by rapid thermal annealing (RTA). Microprobe Raman scattering is used to identify the appropriate RTA and FIB implantation conditions that provide for removal of implantation-induced damage and for compositional intermixing. FIB patterned wire-like structures are characterized by spatially resolved PL spectra.


2001 ◽  
Vol 231 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Koun Cho ◽  
Jeong Yong Lee ◽  
Chi Sun Kim ◽  
Gye Mo Yang ◽  
Nikhil Sharma ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.W. Greve ◽  
R. Misra ◽  
M.A. Capano ◽  
T.E. Schlesinger

ABSTRACTWe report on the growth and characterization of multiple quantum well structures by UHV/ CVD epitaxy. X- ray diffraction is used to verify the expected layer periodicity and to determine the quantum well thickness. Photoluminescence measurements show peaks which we associate with recombination of excitons in the quantum wells. The measurements are consistent with high quality layers with small variation in quantum well thickness across a wafer.


1998 ◽  
Vol 545 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Cronin ◽  
T. Koga ◽  
X. Sun ◽  
Z. Ding ◽  
S.-C. Huang ◽  
...  

AbstractAn enhanced thermoelectric figure of merit, ZT, has been predicted for Bi2Te3 in the form of 2-dimensional quantum wells. A new approach to making multiple quantum well (MQW) structures for thermoelectric applications utilizing a chemical intercalation technique is proposed and investigated. It is proposed that by starting from Li intercalated Bi2Te3 and Bi2Se3, the layers of these materials can be separated by chemical means. The layers of Bi2Te3 or Bi2 Se3 can then be restacked, by self-assembly, forming a non-periodic array of quantum wells. These chemically prepared MQWs are characterized by X-ray diffraction, SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and TEM (transmission electron microscopy) at various stages in the sample preparation to assess the degree to which the actual samples match the proposal. Experimental measurements of the Seebeck coefficient (S) and the electrical conductivity (σ) were performed over a range of temperatures for the initial bulk materials. It is found that some of the steps in the proposed fabrication have been achieved but still much improvement is needed before any practical thermoelectric 2D-system can be provided.


1994 ◽  
Vol 358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Beaudoin ◽  
R.A. Masut ◽  
L. Isnard ◽  
P. Desjardins ◽  
A. Bensaada ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTLow temperature optical absorption spectra are presented for a series of InAsxP1-x/InP strained layer multiple quantum well structures (0 < x = 0.35) grown by low pressure metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (LP-MOVPE) using trimethylindium (TMIn), tertiarybutylarsine (TBAs) and phosphine as precursors. The well widths and compositions in these structures are determined from high resolution x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The absorption spectra are then analyzed by fitting the excitonic peak energy position with transition energies determined from a solution to the Schrödinger equation. We used the envelope function formalism with the Kane bands as the basis wavefunctions and included corrections for non parabolicity. From these fits and elasticity theory, both the bandgap of unstrained InAsxP1-x and the band offsets of these heterostructures are deduced self-consistently. The conduction band offsets are found between 72% and 75% of the total strained bandgap differences.


2003 ◽  
Vol 764 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. A. Cao ◽  
S. F. LeBoeuf ◽  
J. L. Garrett ◽  
A. Ebong ◽  
L. B. Rowland ◽  
...  

Absract:Temperature-dependent electroluminescence (EL) of InGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with peak emission energies ranging from 2.3 eV (green) to 3.3 eV (UV) has been studied over a wide temperature range (5-300 K). As the temperature is decreased from 300 K to 150 K, the EL intensity increases in all devices due to reduced nonradiative recombination and improved carrier confinement. However, LED operation at lower temperatures (150-5 K) is a strong function of In ratio in the active layer. For the green LEDs, emission intensity increases monotonically in the whole temperature range, while for the blue and UV LEDs, a remarkable decrease of the light output was observed, accompanied by a large redshift of the peak energy. The discrepancy can be attributed to various amounts of localization states caused by In composition fluctuation in the QW active regions. Based on a rate equation analysis, we find that the densities of the localized states in the green LEDs are more than two orders of magnitude higher than that in the UV LED. The large number of localized states in the green LEDs are crucial to maintain high-efficiency carrier capture at low temperatures.


2011 ◽  
Vol 98 (18) ◽  
pp. 181904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigetaka Tomiya ◽  
Yuya Kanitani ◽  
Shinji Tanaka ◽  
Tadakatsu Ohkubo ◽  
Kazuhiro Hono

2020 ◽  
Vol 694 ◽  
pp. 137740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Afifi Hassan ◽  
Aadil Waseem ◽  
Muhammad Ali Johar ◽  
Sou Young Yu ◽  
June Key Lee ◽  
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