石墨烯纳米带的制备与电学特性调控

石墨烯由于其独特的晶体结构展现出了特殊的电学特性,其导带与价带相交于第一布里渊区的六个顶点处,形成带隙为零的半金属材料,具有优异的电子传输特性的同时也限制了其在电子学器件中的使用.因而科研人员尝试各种方法来打开其带隙并调控其能带特性,主要有利用缺陷、应力、掺杂、表面吸附、结构调控等手段.其中石墨烯纳米带由于量子边界效应和限制效应,存在带隙.本综述主要介绍了制备各类石墨烯纳米带的方法,并通过精确调控其细微结构,从而对其进行精确的能带调控,改变其电学特性,为其在电子学器件中的应用提供一些可行的方向.     

一维螺旋型Se原子链中的Rashba效应和平带性质

探索低维体系电子态的调控规律可以为构筑下一代微纳电子学器件提供理论基础.本文采用第一性原理计算研究了一维螺旋型Se原子链的结构性质和电子性质.结果发现,该结构比直线型结构能量要低得多,且具有动力学和热力学稳定性.能带计算表明,这种螺旋型一维原子链结构是带隙约为2.0 eV的半导体,且在X点附近展现出Rashba型的自旋劈裂.这种特殊的原子链结构便于人们通过应力调控其电子性质.计算结果表明, 5%的拉伸应变就可以将其带隙减小20%,而5%的压缩应变将Rashba能量偏移增大到平衡体积时的2倍多.此外,其价带是一条平带,引入空穴掺杂可以诱导产生磁性,从而使体系转变为半金属.进一步增加空穴掺杂,体系转变为铁磁金属.同样,这种掺杂效应还出现在一维螺旋型Te原子链中.     

表面键合对硅(111)量子面电子结构的影响

将纳米硅薄膜看成理想的一维限制的量子面结构,通过第一性原理计算研究了不同厚度的硅(111)量子面的能带结构及态密度。随着量子面厚度的变化,在Si—H键钝化较好的量子面结构上,其带隙宽度变化主要遵循量子限制效应规律。当在表面掺杂时,模拟计算表面含Si—N键的硅(111)量子面的结果表明:在一定厚度范围内,带隙宽度主要由量子限制效应决定;超过这个厚度,带隙宽度同时受量子限制效应和表面键合结构的影响。保持量子面厚度不变,表面掺杂浓度越大则带隙变窄效应越明显。同样,模拟计算含Si—Yb键的硅(111)量子面的结果也有同样的效应。几乎所有的模拟计算结果都显示:量子面的能带结构均呈现出准直接带隙特征。     

赝配InGaAs/InAlAs调制掺杂异质结构的Shubnikov-de Haas振荡

赝配InGaAs/InAlAs调制掺杂异质结构可以获得很高的电子气面密度和电子迁移率，从而可以制成具有优越高频和低噪声特性的高电子迁移率晶体管(HEMT).文中报道InGaAs/InAlAs调制掺杂异质结构低温下纵向和横向磁阻随磁场强度变化的Shubnikov-de Haas(SdH)振荡和量子Hall效应.对SdH振荡曲线作了快速傅里叶变换，获得了二维电子气的能带结构和各能带上的电子气面密度.分析比较了顶层InGaAs不同掺杂情况对SdH振荡的影响，结果发现顶层InGaAs重掺杂，会对表面态起屏蔽作用， 关键词：     

Cr和W掺杂的单层MoS2电子结构的第一性原理研究

采用密度泛函理论框架下的第一性原理平面波赝势方法, 研究了Cr和W掺杂对单层二硫化钼(MoS₂)晶体的电子结构性质的影响. 计算结果表明: 当掺杂浓度较高时, W对MoS₂的能带结构几乎没有影响, 而Cr的掺杂则影响很大, 表现为能带由直接带隙变为间接带隙, 且禁带宽度减小. 通过进一步分析, 得出应力的产生是导致Cr掺杂的MoS₂电子结构变化的最直接的原因.     

半导体微结构物理效应及其应用讲座第三讲半导体的激子效应及其在光电子器件中的应用

人们对半导体中的电子空穴对在库仑互作用下形成的激子态及其有关的物理性质进行了深入研究.激子效应对半导体中的光吸收、发光、激射和光学非线性作用等物理过程具有重要影响,并在半导体光电子器件的研究和开发中得到了重要的应用.与半导体体材料相比,在量子化的低维电子结构中,激子的束缚能要大得多,激子效应增强,而且在较高温度或在电场作用下更稳定.这对制作利用激子效应的光电子器件非常有利.近年来量子阱、量子点等低维结构研究获得飞速的进展,已大大促进了激子效应在新型半导体光源和半导体非线性光电子器件领域的应用.     

Zn空位对Al-P共掺杂ZnO电子结构影响的第一性原理计算

采用第一性原理平面波赝势法计算ZnO（Al,P）体系的晶格参数和电子结构,重点分析Zn空位对体系晶体结构、形成能、态密度的影响.计算结果表明：Al和P共掺杂过程中,Al_Zn-P_Zn有更低的形成能,能带分析呈现n型.并随着Zn空位浓度的增大使得掺杂后的晶胞体积减小,晶格常数c先增大后减小.存在Zn空位的掺杂体系形成能比Al_Zn-P_O掺杂体系低,体系较稳定.能带分析呈现p型趋势.Al和P以1∶2的比例掺杂时,体系的形成能降低,体系更稳定;同时,比较1个V_Zn和2个V_Zn的Al_Zn-P_Zn共掺杂体系的能带结构发现,随着Zn空位浓度增大,带隙增大,体系p型化特征增强.Al_Zn-2P_Zn共掺杂体系带隙减小为0.56 eV,更有利于提高其导电性质.然而出现2V_Zn后,带隙增大为0.73 eV,小于本征ZnO带隙,p型化程度更强烈;此外态密度分析表明2V_Zn的Al_Zn-2P_Zn共掺杂使得态密度更加分散,更多的电子穿过费米能级使得p型化更明显.因此,将Al/P按1∶2的比例共掺且Zn空位增至2个时,可以获得导电性能更好的p型ZnO.     

第三讲 半导体的激子效应及其在光电子器件中的应用

人们对半导体中的电子空穴对在库仑互作用下形成的激子态及其有关的物理性质进行了深入研究．激子效应对半导体中的光吸收、发光、激射和光学非线性作用等物理过程具有重要影响，并在半导体光电子器件的研究和开发中得到了重要的应用．与半导体体材料相比，在量子化的低维电子结构中，激子的束缚能要大得多，激子效应增强，而且在较高温度或在电场作用下更稳定．这对制作利用激子效应的光电子器件非常有利．近年来量子阱、量子点等低维结构研究获得飞速的进展，已大大促进了激子效应在新型半导体光源和半导体非线性光电子器件领域的应用．     

电沉积Co掺杂ZnO的场发射特性研究

在ITO衬底上电沉积了Co掺杂ZnO系列样品,并用X射线粉末衍射仪和扫描电子显微镜测试了样品的结构和表面形貌.结果表明Co掺杂并没有改变ZnO的六方纤锌矿结构,而只在一定程度上改变了表面形貌.样品的场发射特性测试结果显示,随着Co掺杂浓度的增大,开启场强逐渐增大,进而可以判断ZnO体系的带隙依次变窄.Co掺杂引起ZnO能带结构的变化可归因于掺杂元素引入的d电子与基体材料导带和价带中的s、p电子之间的强的sp-d交换相互作用,这将为ZnO的带隙调控提供一种新的思路.     

不同Yb掺杂浓度的ZnO的电子结构与光学特性

本文基于密度泛函理论(DFT)框架下的第一性原理计算方法,研究了不同Yb浓度掺杂ZnO体系的电子结构和光学性质.计算得到的结果证明,Yb掺杂ZnO后会造成电子结构和光学性质的明显改变.增加掺杂浓度使能带带隙逐渐变窄,其费米能级向上移动到导带,表现出n型半导体的特性;在Yb-4f态导带附近的带隙中产生了新的缺陷,同时观察到更好的吸收系数和折射率.因此,Yb掺杂ZnO对其电子性质和光学结构有很大的影响,为进一步深入了解掺杂ZnO性质的影响提供理论基础.     

Curvature effects on surface electron states in ballistic nanostructures

The curvature effect on the electronic states of a deformed cylindrical conducting surface of variable diameter is theoretically investigated. The quantum confinement of electrons normal to the curved surface results in an effective potential energy that affects the electronic structures of the system at low-energies. This suggests the possibility that ballistic transport of electrons in low-dimensional nanostructures can be controlled by inducing a local geometric deformation.     

Auger relaxation processes in semiconductor nanocrystals and quantum wells

Auger recombination rates in mesoscopic semiconductor structures have been studied as a function of energy band parameters and heterostructure size. It is shown that nonthreshold Auger processes stimulated by the presence of heteroboundaries become the dominant nonradiative recombination channel in nanometer size semiconductor structures. The size dependence of luminescence quantum yields in nanostructures and microcrystals are discussed. Auger-like collisions of electrons and heavy holes are shown to serve as “accelerators” of thermalization processes in semiconductor quantum dots.     

Spin Kinetics in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Systems

Spin kinetics in low-dimensional semiconductor systems was investigated spectroscopically. In the structures, owing to the quantum confinement, the degeneracy of the heavy-hole (HH) and light-hole valence bands was removed. Semiconductor systems were pumped for governing transitions from the HH valence band to the conduction band for the generation of the conduction-band-electron spins, and a maximum ～80% initial spin polarization was obtained in the systems at liquid helium temperature. Distinct spin oscillations and polarization decay were also observed. Spin kinetics of the drifting electrons was studied as a function of the external magnetic field as well as that of the system temperature in the exact Voigt configuration.     

Growth and optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals in a glass matrix

Over the last 15 years nanocrystals embedded in a glass matrix have been a subject for studies of fundamental phenomena of quasiparticles (electrons, holes, excitons, phonons) quantum confinement in the nanosize semiconductor materials. Growth of the nanocrystals in a glass matrix is based on the thermodynamic process of the diffusion-controlled phase decomposition of oversaturated solid solutions. Three stages of the process in solutions prepared by co-melting, co-sputtering and ion-implantation techniques are discussed. It is shown that the growth technique makes it possible to vary the mean size of the particles, their size distribution and crystalline structure.

The optical properties of nanocrystals of various semiconductor compounds grown in different glass matrices are discussed. Attention is given to studies of a fine structure of optical spectra at resonant size-selective spectroscopy for both “strong” and “weak” confinement regimes. Energy spectra of confined acoustic and optical phonons in a “strong” confinement regime, studied by resonant Raman scattering, are discussed.     

纳米体系中发光能隙展宽的研究

采用两种简单的一维模型,通过直接严格求解该模型下薛定鄂方程给出晶场中的限域情况下电子能级结构以及纳米体系中电子的限域能,从而研究体系的发光蓝移现象.基于限域能的计算,讨论了纳米体系的限域能和发光蓝移随尺寸以及势场的变化关系.结果表明：导带底的电子能级随体系的尺寸增大而降低;而价带顶则随粒径的增大而升高,因此,限域能随纳米尺寸的减小迅速增大.同时将计算结果与通常文献中所采用的有效质量计算的结果进行比较,可以看出二者有明显差别,且尺寸越小,其差异越大.因此,限域能随尺寸的变化并不严格满足通过有效质量方法计算出 关键词： 蓝移 能隙 量子限域效应 量子尺寸     

Quantum Dot Research: Current State and Future Prospects

This article reviews the current state of research involving semiconductor quantum dots, provides a brief review of the theory behind their unique properties, and an introduction explaining the importance of quantum dot research. The characteristic shifting of the band gap energy with quantum dot size, as predicted from the density of states for low-dimensional structures, allows experimental measurements to determine the extent to which quantum confinement effects play a role in the resulting properties. A few of the current techniques used to measure the presence and physical characteristics of quantum dots and their energy levels is reviewed, including transmission electron microscopy, optical transmission, and Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Finally, some of the more exciting applications for quantum dots currently being researched for use in the field of optoelectronics are reviewed, including quantum dot infrared photodetectors, quantum dot lasers, and quantum dot solar cells. Comments are made on the current progress and the future prospects of quantum dot research and device applications.     

Magneto-optical properties and exciton dynamics in diluted magnetic semiconductor nanostructures

Nanostructures of diluted magnetic semiconductors were fabricated to study novel magneto-optical properties that are derived from quantum confined band electrons interacting with magnetic ions. Quantum dots (QDs) of Cd_0.97Mn_0.03Se were grown by the self-organization on a ZnSe substrate layer. QDs of Zn_0.69Cd_0.23Mn_0.08Se and quantum wires (QWRs) of Cd_0.92Mn_0.08Se and Zn_0.69Cd_0.23Mn_0.08Se were fabricated by the electron beam lithography. A single quantum well (QW) of ZnTe/Zn_0.97Mn_0.03Te and double QWs of Cd_0.95Mn_0.05Te–CdTe were grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Magneto-optical properties and the formation and relaxation dynamics of excitons were investigated by ultrafast time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Excitons in these nanostructures were affected by the low-dimensional confinement effects and the interaction with magnetic ion spins. The exciton luminescence of the Cd_0.97Mn_0.03Se QDs shows the confined exciton energy due to the dot size of 4–6 nm and also shows marked increase of the exciton lifetime with increasing the magnetic field. The QDs of Zn_0.69Cd_0.23Mn_0.08Se fabricated by the electron beam lithography display narrow exciton PL spectrum due to the uniform shape of the dots. The exciton luminescence from the QWRs of Cd_0.92Mn_0.08Se and Zn_0.69Cd_0.23Mn_0.08Se shows the influence of the one-dimensional confinement effect for the exciton energy and the luminescence is linearly polarized parallel to the wire direction. The transient PL from the ZnTe/Zn_0.97Mn_0.03Te QWs displays, by the magnetic field, the level crossing of the exciton spin states of the nonmagnetic and magnetic layers and the spatial spin separation for the excitons. Cd_0.95Mn_0.05Te–CdTe double QWs show the injection of the spin polarized excitons from the magnetic well to the nonmagnetic QW.     

Interference of polariton waves in structures with wide GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

The optical reflection spectra of semiconductor GaAs/AlGaAs structures with wide quantum wells are studied experimentally. A theoretical analysis of the spectra is performed in terms of the exciton-polariton model in the approximation of quantum confinement of the exciton center of mass with regard to the contributions of both heavy and light excitons to the crystal polarization. The applicability range of the theory of the center-of-mass confinement for GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures is estimated. It is established that, for quantum wells more than 180 nm wide, the interference effects observed in the reflection spectra of polariton waves are reproduced, to a good accuracy, by theoretical calculations based on the quantum confinement of the exciton center of mass. For quantum-well widths less than 150 nm, the experimental results are described better by the model of quantum confinement of electrons and holes.     

Terahertz acoustic-phonon signal generated by heated electrons in AlGaAs/GaAs-based quantum wires

In this paper, we explore theoretically the possibility of applying AlGaAs/GaAs-based quantum wire systems as a terahertz (THz) ultrasonic generator. For structures such as Al_xGa_1-xAs/GaAs-based low-dimensional semiconductor systems and semiconductor nanostructures, electrons are confined within the nanometer distance scale so that energies (e.g. electronic subband energy, electron kinetic energy, Fermi energy, etc.) are in the meV scale, which consequently results in the acoustic-phonons generated by heated electrons from these novel systems to be around the THz frequency range. Our theoretical results indicate that: (i) Al_xGa_-xAs/GaAs-based quantum wires are suitable for generating THz acoustic-phonon signals; (ii) both longitudinal and transverse acoustic-phonon modes contribute to the detected phonon signals; (iii) the THz ultrasound wave can be generated through both intra- and inter-subband scattering processes; and (iv) the strong dependence of the acoustic-phonon emission from a quantum wire on phonon frequency and phonon emission angle can be observed.