Structural and optical properties of AlGaN/GaN quantum well structures grown by MOCVD on sapphire
- Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Angewandte Festkoerperphysik, Freiburg (Germany); and others
AlGaN/GaN single quantum wells (QW) have been grown on 2 in. sapphire substrates (c-plane) by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The well width was varied between 20 and 40 {angstrom} for barriers containing 4% and 16% of aluminum. Cathodoluminescence (CL) and Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the samples show, as expected, a shift of the quantum well emission to higher energies with decreasing well width, whereas the barrier luminescence stays at constant energy. Examination of the QWs by resonant Raman spectroscopy tuned to the gap of the well, clearly shows the GaN A{sub 1}(LO) phonon besides the AlGaN A{sub 1}(LO) phonon from the barrier. For a well width of 20 {angstrom} the authors observe a shift of the A{sub 1}(LO) GaN phonon indicating a certain degree of intermixing at the GaN/AlGaN interface. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) reveals that the layers are growing in a 2-dimensional step flow growth mode with step heights of 3 and 6 {angstrom} corresponding to mono- and biatomic steps. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) micrographs of the 40 {angstrom} well show a very low interface roughness of 1--2 atomic layers.
- OSTI ID:
- 585816
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961202-; ISBN 1-55899-353-3; TRN: IM9810%%46
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1996 Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 2-6 Dec 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of III-V nitrides; Ponce, F.A. [ed.] [Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, CA (United States)]; Moustakas, T.D. [ed.] [Boston Univ., MA (United States)]; Akasaki, I. [ed.] [Meijo Univ., Nagoya (Japan)]; Monemar, B.A. [ed.] [Linkoeping Univ. (Sweden)]; PB: 1278 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 449
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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