Optical properties of bimodally distributed InAs quantum dots grown on digital AlAs0.56Sb 0.44 matrix for use in intermediate band solar cells
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). California NanoSystems Inst. and Dept. of Electrical Engineering
For this work, high-quality InAs quantum dots (QDs) with nominal thicknesses of 5.0–8.0 monolayers were grown on a digital AlAs0.56Sb0.44 matrix lattice-matched to the InP(001) substrate. All QDs showed bimodal size distribution, and their optical properties were investigated by photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved PL measurements. Power dependent PL exhibited a linear relationship between the peak energy and the cube root of the excitation power for both the small QD family (SQDF) and the large QD family (LQDF), which is attributed to the type-II transition. The PL intensity, peak energy, and carrier lifetime of SQDF and LQDF showed very sensitive at high temperature. Above 125 K, the PL intensity ratio increased continuously between LQDF and SQDF, the peak energy shifted anomalously in SQDF, and the longer carrier radiative lifetime (≥3.0 ns at 77 K) reduced rapidly in SQDF and slowly in LQDF. These results are ascribed to thermally activated carrier escape from SQDF into the wetting layer, which then relaxed into LQDF with low-localized energy states.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0005325
- OSTI ID:
- 1473900
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1365600
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 121, Issue 21; ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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