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Piezoelectric Effects in GaN/AlGaN Multiple Quantum Wells Probed by Picosecond Time-Resolved Photoluminescence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

H. S. Kim ,
Y. Lin ,
H. X. Jiang ,
W. W. Chow ,
A. Botchkarev  and
H. Morkoç
H. S. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-2601
Y. Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-2601
H. X. Jiang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-2601
W. W. Chow
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 85718-0601
A. Botchkarev
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-3072
H. Morkoç
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-3072
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Abstract

Piezoelectric effects in GaN/AlGaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) have been directly probed by picosecond time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The time-resolved PL spectra of the 40 Å well MQWs reveal that the PL transition peak position is in fact blueshifted at early delay times due to the collective effects of quantum confinement of carriers, piezoelectric field, and Coulomb screening. However, the spectral peak position shifts toward lower energies as the delay time increases and becomes redshifted at longer delay times. By comparing experimental and calculation results, we have obtained a low limit of the piezoelectric field strength to be about 560 kV/cm in the 40 Å well GaN/Al0.15Ga0.85N MQWs.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 537: Symposium G – GaN and Related Alloys , 1998 , G3.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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