Photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy of InAs0.67P0.33/InP strained single quantum wells |
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Authors: | R P Schneider B W Wessels |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, 60208, Evanston, IL
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Abstract: | The optical emission characteristics of biaxially compressed InAs
x
P1−
x
/InP strained single quantum well (QW) structures, with nominal compositionx=0.67, have been investigated using photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopies. The highly
strained QWs exhibit intense and narrow PL in the 0.9–1.5 μm wavelength range, similar to the lattice-matched InGaAs(P)/InP
system. The 20 K PLE spectra exhibit well-resolved features attributed ton=1 heavy hole (E1H1) and light hole (E1L1) transitions in the 1.0–1.5 μm wavelength range. In addition, features attributed
to transitions betweenn=2 electrons and heavy holes (E2H2), and betweenn=1 electrons and unconfined holes (E1Hf), were observed. The energy splitting between the heavy-hole and light-hole bands
was found to be a sensitive measure of the band offsets in the system. The best prediction of this splitting was obtained
for a valence band offset of δE
V
∼0.25δE
G
. This value of band offset was in agreement with the energy position of the E1Hf transition. The observed transition energies
were also compared with the results of a finite square well model, taking into account the effects of strain, and the results
offer further support for the band offset assignment. This study indicates that the InAsP system may be advantageous for application
in strained-layer optoelectronic devices operating in the 1.3–1.6 μm wavelength range. |
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Keywords: | Photoluminescence photoluminescence excitation strained quantum wells OMVPE InGaAsP |
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