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Title: The effects of Si-doped prelayers on the optical properties of InGaN/GaN single quantum well structures

Abstract

In this paper, we report on the effects of including Si-doped (In)GaN prelayers on the low temperature optical properties of a blue-light emitting InGaN/GaN single quantum well. We observed a large blue shift of the photoluminescence peak emission energy and significant increases in the radiative recombination rate for the quantum well structures that incorporated Si-doped prelayers. Simulations of the variation of the conduction and valence band energies show that a strong modification of the band profile occurs for the quantum wells on Si-doped prelayers due to an increase in strength of the surface polarization field. The enhanced surface polarization field opposes the built-in field across the quantum well and thus reduces this built-in electric field. This reduction of the electric field across the quantum well reduces the Quantum Confined Stark Effect and is responsible for the observed blue shift and the change in the recombination dynamics.

Authors:
 [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)
  2. Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22311020
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; DOPED MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GALLIUM NITRIDES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MODIFICATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM WELLS; RECOMBINATION; SILICON ADDITIONS; SIMULATION; STARK EFFECT; SURFACES; VALENCE; VISIBLE RADIATION

Citation Formats

Davies, M. J., E-mail: Matthew.Davies-2@Manchester.ac.uk, Dawson, P., Massabuau, F. C.-P., Oliver, R. A., Kappers, M. J., and Humphreys, C. J. The effects of Si-doped prelayers on the optical properties of InGaN/GaN single quantum well structures. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4894834.
Davies, M. J., E-mail: Matthew.Davies-2@Manchester.ac.uk, Dawson, P., Massabuau, F. C.-P., Oliver, R. A., Kappers, M. J., & Humphreys, C. J. The effects of Si-doped prelayers on the optical properties of InGaN/GaN single quantum well structures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894834
Davies, M. J., E-mail: Matthew.Davies-2@Manchester.ac.uk, Dawson, P., Massabuau, F. C.-P., Oliver, R. A., Kappers, M. J., and Humphreys, C. J. 2014. "The effects of Si-doped prelayers on the optical properties of InGaN/GaN single quantum well structures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4894834.
@article{osti_22311020,
title = {The effects of Si-doped prelayers on the optical properties of InGaN/GaN single quantum well structures},
author = {Davies, M. J., E-mail: Matthew.Davies-2@Manchester.ac.uk and Dawson, P. and Massabuau, F. C.-P. and Oliver, R. A. and Kappers, M. J. and Humphreys, C. J.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we report on the effects of including Si-doped (In)GaN prelayers on the low temperature optical properties of a blue-light emitting InGaN/GaN single quantum well. We observed a large blue shift of the photoluminescence peak emission energy and significant increases in the radiative recombination rate for the quantum well structures that incorporated Si-doped prelayers. Simulations of the variation of the conduction and valence band energies show that a strong modification of the band profile occurs for the quantum wells on Si-doped prelayers due to an increase in strength of the surface polarization field. The enhanced surface polarization field opposes the built-in field across the quantum well and thus reduces this built-in electric field. This reduction of the electric field across the quantum well reduces the Quantum Confined Stark Effect and is responsible for the observed blue shift and the change in the recombination dynamics.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4894834},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22311020}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 9,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}