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Title: Blue single photon emission up to 200 K from an InGaN quantum dot in AlGaN nanowire

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4803441· OSTI ID:22162853
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  1. Center for Photonics and Multiscale Nanomaterials, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122 (United States)

We demonstrate polarized blue single photon emission up to 200 K from an In{sub 0.2}Ga{sub 0.8}N quantum dot in a single Al{sub 0.1}Ga{sub 0.9}N nanowire. The InGaN/AlGaN dot-in-nanowire heterostructure was grown on (111) silicon by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Nanowires dispersed on a silicon substrate show sharp exciton and biexciton transitions in the micro-photoluminescence spectra. Second-order correlation measurements performed under pulsed excitation at the biexciton wavelength confirm single photon emission, with a g{sup (2)}(0) of 0.43 at 200 K. The emitted photons have a short radiative lifetime of 0.7 ns and are linearly polarized along the c-axis of the nanowire with a degree of polarization of 78%.

OSTI ID:
22162853
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 16; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English