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Title: Photoluminescence studies on self-organized 1.55-μm InAs/InGaAsP/InP quantum dots under hydrostatic pressure

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890013· OSTI ID:22308719
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  1. Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083 (China)

We report an experimental study on the optical properties of the self-organized 1.55-μm InAs/InGaAsP/InP quantum dots (QDs) under hydrostatic pressure up to 9.5 GPa at 10 K. The obtained pressure coefficients of emissions from InGaAsP to InAs QDs are 92 meV/GPa and 76 meV/GPa, respectively. Their photoluminescence intensities are found to decrease significantly with increasing pressure due to the pressure-induced Γ-X mixing of InGaAsP at about 8.5 GPa. The lifetime of excitonic emission from QDs decreases from about 1.15 at zero pressure to about 1.05 ns at 7.41 GPa. The wavelength of QD emission was tuned from 1.55 to 0.9 μm by applying a pressure of 8 GPa, displaying the feasibility for indirectly characterizing the individual InAs/InGaAsP/InP QDs of 1.55-μm emission (at zero pressure) under high-pressure using silicon avalanche photodiode.

OSTI ID:
22308719
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English