Ultrafast carrier capture and Auger recombination in single GaN/InGaN multiple quantum well nanowires

Boubanga-Tombet, Stephane; Wright, Jeremy B.; Lu, Ping; Williams, Michael R.  C.; Li, Changyi; Wang, George T.; Prasankumar, Rohit P.

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00622

Title: Ultrafast carrier capture and Auger recombination in single GaN/InGaN multiple quantum well nanowires

Journal Article · Fri Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00622· OSTI ID:1339652

^[1]; Wright, Jeremy B. ^[2]; Lu, Ping ^[2]; Williams, Michael R. C. ^[1]; Li, Changyi ^[2];

^[2]; Prasankumar, Rohit P. ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC). Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1339652

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1458937

Report Number(s):: SAND-2016-11962J; LA-UR-16-22152; 649459

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 12; ISSN 2330-4022

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