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Optical properties of single wurtzite/zinc-blende ZnSe nanowires grown at low temperature

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929821· OSTI ID:22494842
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  1. IOM-CNR Laboratorio TASC, S. S. 14, Km. 163.5, I-34149 Trieste (Italy)
  2. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble (France)
  3. IMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43010 Parma (Italy)

ZnSe nanowires with a dominant wurtzite structure have been grown at low temperature (300 °C) by molecular beam epitaxy assisted by solid Au nanoparticles. The nanowires emission is polarized perpendicularly to their axis in agreement with the wurtzite selection rules. Alternations of wurtzite and zinc-blende regions have been observed by transmission electron microscopy, and their impact on the nanowires optical properties has been studied by microphotoluminescence. The nanowires show a dominant intense near-band-edge emission as well as the ZnSe wurtzite free exciton line. A type II band alignment between zinc-blende and wurtzite ZnSe is evidenced by time-resolved photoluminescence. From this measurement, we deduce values for the conduction and valence band offsets of 98 and 50 meV, respectively.

OSTI ID:
22494842
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 118; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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