Spectroscopic investigation of coupling among asymmetric InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells grown on non-polar a-plane GaN substrates
Journal Article
Low defect density asymmetric multiple quantum wells (MQWs) of InGaN/GaN grown on non-polar a-plane GaN substrates were investigated using time-integrated and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. Comparison of these spectra with the predicted emission energies reveals that these QWs may be spectrally resolved at low temperatures. However, a combination of thermal activation and resonant tunneling of carriers increasingly coupled the QWs, favoring emission from the lowest energy QWs with increasing temperature in a manner analogous to MQWs composed of other non-polar semiconductor materials but unlike most InGaN MQWs grown on polar substrates and influenced by the strong polarization-dependent effects. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Roberts, AT; Mohanta, A; Everitt, HO; Leach, JH; Van Den Broeck, D; Hosalli, AM; Paskova, T; Bedair, SM
Published Date
- October 28, 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 103 / 18
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0003-6951
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1063/1.4827536
Citation Source
- Scopus