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- Jmerik, V.N., et al.
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Optically pumped lasing at 300.4 nm in AlGaN MQW structures grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on c-Al2O3
- 2010
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Ingår i: PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE. - : WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH. - 1862-6300. ; 207:6, s. 1313-1317
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have demonstrated optically pumped room-temperature pulse lasing at 300.4 nm from an AlGaN-based multiple-quantum-well (MQW) structure grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on a c-sapphire substrate. The lasing was achieved at the threshold peak power of similar to 12 MW/cm(2). The MQW structure involved AlGaN/AlN short-period super-lattices to decrease the threading dislocation densities from 10(11) down to 10(9)-10(10) cm(-2). Studies of time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) spectra and cw PL temperature dependences (10-300K) of different MQW structures, as well as numerical calculations of the optical gain and confinement in the laser structure allowed us to conclude about the optimum design of AlGaN-based MQW structures for the lower threshold UV lasing.
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- Toropov, A. A., et al.
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Suppression of the quantum-confined Stark effect in AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN corrugated quantum wells
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : American Institute of Physics (AIP). - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 114:12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report comparative studies of 6-nm-thick AlxGa1-xN/AlyGa1-yN pyroelectric quantum wells (QWs) grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on c-sapphire substrates with a thick AlN buffer deposited under different growth conditions. The Al-rich growth conditions result in a 2D growth mode and formation of a planar QW, whereas the N-rich conditions lead to a 3D growth mode and formation of a QW corrugated on the size scale of 200-300 nm. Time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) measurements reveal a strong quantum-confined Stark effect in the planar QW, manifested by a long PL lifetime and a red shift of the PL line. In the corrugated QW, the emission line emerges 200 meV higher in energy, the low-temperature PL lifetime is 40 times shorter, and the PL intensity is stronger (similar to 4 times at 4.5K and similar to 60 times at 300 K). The improved emission properties are explained by suppression of the quantum-confined Stark effect due to the reduction of the built-in electric field within the QW planes, which are not normal to the [0001] direction, enhanced carrier localization, and improved efficiency of light extraction.
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- Monemar, Bo, et al.
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Transient photoluminescence of shallow donor bound excitons in GaN
- 2010
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - : American Physical Society. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 82, s. 235202-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a detailed study of photoluminescence transients for neutral donor bound excitons (DBEs) in GaN, notably the ON donor DBE at 3.4714 eV and the SiGa DBE at 3.4723 eV. The studied samples are thick strain free nominally undoped bulk GaN samples, with a spectroscopic linewidth <0.5 meV at 2 K. The photoluminescence (PL) decay curves for these no-phonon (NP) lines are strongly nonexponential, and do not allow a proper assessment of the characteristic BE decay time. The decay of the LO-phonon replicas as well as the so-called two-electron transitions (TETs) at lower energies show a nicely exponential behavior, and allow extraction of DBE decay times of about 1.1 ns for the Si DBE and 1.8 ns for the O DBE, respectively. The initial nonexponential decay behavior of the NP lines has been studied in both the common front surface excitation-detection mode and with detection in transmission through the sample. This initial decay is explained as related to scattering processes in the near surface region, involving the DBEs and free excitons (FEs). Light scattering processes may also contribute to this complex decay shape. The DBE-LO-phonon decay does not discriminate between the O and Si DBEs because of spectral overlap involving different LO modes. The TET decays at 2 K are very different for transitions related to the DBE ground state and DBE excited states (going to p-like donor final states), for T>10 K thermalization between the DBE ground state and DBE excited states produces a common decay time. Thermalization between free and bound excitons appears to occur above about 20 K, when the DBE decay follows the FE decay. A simple two-level modeling of exciton capture and recombination for the PL decay curves of the FE and the DBEs, as commonly used in the literature, is shown to be generally inadequate. A broad PL background in the TET spectral region is suggested to be related to a radiative Auger process, where the DBEs recombine while leaving the donors ionized.
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- Shevchenko, E. A., et al.
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AlGaN Quantum Well Heterostructures for Mid-Ultraviolet Emitters with Improved Room Temperature Quantum Efficiency
- 2014
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Ingår i: Acta Physica Polonica. A. - : POLISH ACAD SCIENCES INST PHYSICS. - 0587-4246 .- 1898-794X. ; 126:5, s. 1140-1142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on optical studies of exciton localization and recombination kinetics in two single 2.2 nm thick AlxGa1-xN/Alx+0.1Ga0.9-xN quantum well structures (x = 0.55 and 0.6) grown by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy on a c-sapphire substrate. Strong localization potential inherent for both the quantum well and barrier regions results in merging of the quantum well and barrier emission spectra into a single broad line centered at 285 nm (x = 0.55) and 275 nm (x = 0.6). Time-resolved photoluminescence measurements revealed surprising temperature stability of the photoluminescence decay time constant (approximate to 400 ps) relevant to the recombination of the quantum well localized excitons. This observation implies nearly constant quantum efficiency of the quantum well emission in the whole range from 4.6 to 300 K.
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- Shubina, T.V., et al.
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Delay and distortion of light pulses by exciton resonancesin wide-gap semiconductors
- 2012
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 20th Int. Symp. “Nanostructures: Physics and Technology". - 9785913261793 ; , s. 18-19
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Propagation of light pulses in wide-gap semiconductors, GaN and ZnO, has been studied by time-of-flightspectroscopy. It has been demonstrated that significant light delay exists near an exciton resonance and that this delay isaccompanied by pulse distortion and attenuation. Simulation of the pulse shape in the time-energy plane has permitted us torefine excitonic parameters inherent for bulk materials. The time-of-flight studies done over a wide temperature rangedemonstrate the strong influence of resonant scattering by phonons on the light delay in polar semiconductors.
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- Shubina, T V, et al.
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Delay and distortion of slow light pulses by excitons in ZnO
- 2011
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - : American Physical Society. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 84:7, s. 075202-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- istortion of light pulses in ZnO caused by both bound and free excitons is demonstrated by time-of-flight spectroscopy. Numerous lines of bound excitons dissect the pulse spectrum and induce slowdown of light propagation around the dips. Exciton-polariton resonances determine the overall pulse delay, which approaches 1.6 ns at 3.374 eV for a 0.3 mm propagation length, as well as the pulse curvature in the time-energy plane and its attenuation. Analysis of cw and time-resolved data yields the excitonic parameters inherent for bulk ZnO. A discrepancy is found between these bulk parameters and those given by surface-probing techniques.
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- Shubina, T. V., et al.
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Excitonic parameters of GaN studied by time-of-flight spectroscopy
- 2011
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Ingår i: Applied Physics Letters. - : American Institute of Physics (AIP). - 0003-6951 .- 1077-3118. ; 99:10, s. 101108-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We refine excitonic parameters of bulk GaN by means of time-of-flight spectroscopy of light pulses propagating through crystals. The influence of elastic photon scattering is excluded by using the multiple reflections of the pulses from crystal boundaries. The shapes of these reflexes in the time-energy plane depict the variation of the group velocity induced by excitonic resonances. Modeling of the shapes, as well as optical spectra, shows that a homogeneous width of the order of 10 mu eV characterizes the exciton-polariton resonances within the crystal. The oscillator strength of A and B exciton-polaritons is determined as 0.0022 and 0.0016, respectively.
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