正向电压激发下CdS MIS发光二极管中的自由激子发光

在44~77K温度范围内.在正向电压激发下的Cds MIS二极管中,观测到了发射0、1或2个纵光学(O、1LO或2LO)声子的自由激子的辐射衰减.根据激子的动能分布,讨论了1LO和2LO声子协助的伴线的形状和温度依赖.这里激子的有效温度等于晶格温度.     

Excitonic polaron and phonon assisted photoluminescence of ZnO nanowires

The coupling strength of the radiative transition of hexagonal ZnO nanowires to the longitudinal optic (LO) phonon polarization field is deduced from temperature dependent photoluminescence spectra. An excitonic polaron formation is discussed to explain why the interaction of free excitons with LO phonons in ZnO nanowires is much stronger than that of bound excitons with LO phonons. The strong exciton-phonon coupling in ZnO nanowires affects not only the Haung-Ray S factor but also the FXA-1LO phonon energy spacing, which can be explained by the excitonic polaron formation.     

Fabrication and low-temperature photoluminescence spectra of Mn-doped ZnO nanowires

Mn-doped ZnO nanowires have been fabricated through a high temperature vapor-solid deposition process. The low-temperature photoluminescence spectra of the samples show that there are multipeak emissions at the ultraviolet (UV) region (about 3.4?C3.0?eV). The excitonic and phonon-assisted transitions in Mn-doped ZnO nanowires were investigated. The results show that there is an obvious oscillatory structure emission at the UV region under low temperature from 12?C125?K. The oscillatory structure has an energy periodicity about 70?meV and the oscillatory structure is mainly attributed to longitudinal optical (LO) phonon replicas of free excitons?(FX). The multipeak emissions at 12?K are attributed to a donor-bound exciton (DBX, 3.3617?eV), 1LO-phonon replicas of a free exciton (FX-1LO, 3.3105?eV), 2LO-phonon replicas of a free exciton (FX-2LO, 3.2396?eV), and 3LO-phonon replicas of a free exciton (FX-3LO, 3.1692?eV), respectively. The intensity of UV emission and the efficiency of emission from the Mn-doped ZnO nanowires are improved.     

Exciton–phonon interaction in Al_(0.4)Ga_(0.6)N/Al_(0.53)Ga_(0.47)N multiple quantum wells

The exciton-phonon interaction in Al_(0.4)Ga_(0.6)N/Al_(0.53)Ga_(0.47)N multiple quantum wells(MQWs) is studied by deepultraviolet time-integrated and time-resolved photoluminescence(PL).Up to four longitudinal-optical(LO) phonon replicas of exciton recombination are observed,indicating the strong coupling of excitons with LO phonons in the MQWs.Moreover,the exciton-phonon coupling strength in the MQWs is quantified by the Huang-Rhys factor,and it keeps almost constant in a temperature range from 10 K to 120 K.This result can be explained in terms of effects of fluctuations in the well thickness in the MQWs and the temperature on the exciton-phonon interaction.     

Dependence of photoluminescence of ZnO/Zn0.85Mg0.15O multi-quantum wells on barrier width

Temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) from two multi-quantum well (MQW) structures with different barrier widths has been systematically investigated. The PL band in the well layers is dominated by localized excitons (LE), D⁰X, and D⁰X-1LO. As the temperature increases, luminescence from the excitons localized in the well layers shows an ‘S’-shaped shift in the thin barrier MQW whereas a monotonic redshift is observed from the thick barrier MQW. Quenching of well-related emission is associated with delocalization of the excitons in the potential minima induced by interface fluctuations or alloy disorder. The activation energies correlated with depths of the local potential are deduced to be 7 and 17 meV for the thick and thin barrier MQWs, respectively.     

在正向电压激发下ZnSe MIS二极管的自由激子发光

研究了最低温度为20~30K时,在正向电压激发下ZnSe MIS二极管的激子发光光谱,在这一温度下,二极管有可能通过足以产生发光的电流.对于利用通常气相技术生长的高纯晶体所制备的二极管,其电致发光几乎完全由Γ8→Γ6自由激子发光的1LO和2LO声子伴线所组成.根据Gross等人的半经典理论,讨论了两个谱带的形状.结果是谱带的宽度和不对称性归结为激子服从Maxwell-Boltzmann分布,其有效激子温度接近于晶格温度.     

Temperature-dependent luminescence dynamics for ZnO thin films

The paper presents the photoluminescence investigation of zinc oxide thin films. A high quality ZnO films fabricated by dip-coating (sol–gel) method were grown on quartz wafers. The films with different thickness (number of layers) were annealed at different temperatures after the preparation process. It was found that high quality, transparent ZnO thin films could be produced on quartz substrates at relatively low annealing temperature (450–550  $^{\circ }\mathrm{C}$ ). The dependence of the ZnO thin film quality was studied by X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy techniques. Optical properties were investigated by classic and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) measurements. Photoluminescence spectra allowed us to estimate energy of the free excitons, bond excitons and their longitudinal optical (LO) phonon replicas as a function of the annealing temperature. An innovative TRPL technique let us precisely measure the decay time of the free- and bond excitons’ in the real time. TRPL measurements as a function of temperature reveal a biexponential decay behavior with typical free/bound exciton decay constants of 970/5310 ps for the as-grown sample and 1380/5980 ps after annealing process. Presented spectra confirm high structural and optical quality of investigated films. We proved that the thermal treatment improve both optical and structural quality and extend the photoluminescence’s lifetimes. The obtained experimental results are important for identification of exciton’s peaks and their LO phonon replicas for the investigated ZnO films.     

Recombination dynamics of free and bound excitons in bulk GaN

We report new data on the transient photoluminescence behaviour of free and donor bound excitons in high quality bulk GaN material grown by HVPE. With 266 nm photoexcitation the no-phonon free exciton has a short decay time, about 100 ps at 2 K, assigned to nonradiative surface recombination. The LO replicas of the free exciton have a much longer decay at 2 K, about 1.4 ns, believed to be a lower bound for the bulk radiative lifetimes of the free excitons at 2 K. The donor bound exciton no-phonon lines exhibit a rather short (about 300 ps) nonexponential decay at 2 K, which appears to be dominated by a scattering process. The corresponding LO replicas and the two-electron transitions have a much longer decay. From the latter, the lower bound of the radiative lifetime of the O- and Si-bound excitons are 1800 ps and 1100 ps, respectively.     

Theoretical treatment of the second-order Raman scattering

The theoretical analysis for the Raman scattering by 2LO phonons is carried out. The scattering process is considered, taking into account the Wannier excitons and the free electron-hole pairs as intermediate states.     

Multiplasmon replicas of the emission lines of bound excitons in ZnSe crystals

This paper reports on the results of investigations into the cathodoluminescence spectra of ZnSe crystals grown from a vapor phase and annealed in a bismuth melt [ZnSe(Bi) crystals], as well as in a bismuth melt containing aluminum [ZnSe(Bi,Al) crystals], at a temperature of 1200 K for 120 h. The longitudinal optical (LO) phonon replicas of the emission lines of free excitons are dominant in the cathodoluminescence spectra of the samples subjected to annealing in the bismuth melt with subsequent quenching. The emission spectra of all the samples studied, including the initial crystals, contain series of I ₁ ^s,d -nLO lines of bound excitons. It is revealed that plasmon replicas are characteristic not only of the I ₁ ^s -nLO lines. A weak exciton-plasmon interaction manifests itself in the form of single-plasmon Stokes satellites of the I ₁ ^d -nLO spectral lines. A theory describing the multiphoton optical transitions of bound excitons with the participation of mixed plasmonphonon vibrational modes is proposed. This theory makes it possible to calculate the shape function of an emission spectrum without recourse to model concepts. The results of the theoretical calculations are in agreement with the experimental data.     

Exciton emission from forward-biased zinc selenide Schottky diodes

Exciton emission has been observed in the forward-biased electroluminesence of ZnSe Schottky diodes free of intentionally added luminescent centres. The emission has been studied from ≈ 95° K to room temperature and is attributed to the recombination of free excitons (zero-LO phonon line). No LO phonon side bands were observed. As with exciton photoluminescence in CdS the half-width of the emission line, although a linear function of temperature, is greater than that predicted by theory. At temperatures below ≈150°K pair emission was also observed.     

纳米ZnO薄膜的激子光致发光特性

报道了纳米ZnO薄膜激子光致发光(PL)与温度的关系。首先利用低压金属有机化学气相沉积(LPMOCVD)技术生长ZnS薄膜,然后将ZnS薄膜在氧气中于800℃下热氧化2h获得纳米ZnO薄膜。X射线衍射(XRD)结果表明,纳米ZnO薄膜具有六角纤锌矿多晶结构且具有择优(002)取向。室温下观察到一束强的紫外(326eV)光致发光(PL)和很弱的深能级(DL)发射。根据激子峰的半高宽(FWHM)与温度的关系,确定了激子纵向光学声子(LO)的耦合强度(ГLO)。     

Spectral behavior of the emission around 3.31 eV (A-line) from ZnO nanocrystals

The emission at around 3.31 eV (A-line) from three types of ZnO nanocrystals with different particle sizes (10-1000 nm) was studied. The photoluminescence (PL) measurements were performed under different excitation densities and at different temperatures. The A-line emission exhibited a strong dependence on temperature and excitation power density. With increasing excitation density and temperature overlapping of the closely spaced first longitudinal optical (LO) phonon replica of free excitons by the A-line emission was observed.     

The treatment of the hyper-Raman scattering by 2LO phonons in semiconductors with equal effective masses of electrons and holes

The theoretical investigation of the hyper-Raman scattering by 2LO phonons is carried when the doubled energy of incident photons lies near the band gap of a semiconductor. The scattering process is considered, taking into account the Wannier excitons as intermediate states.     

Photoluminescence and time-resolved photoluminescence of star-shaped ZnO nanostructures

Optical properties of star-shaped ZnO nanostructures were studied. The temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) was examined up to fourth-order longitudinal optical (LO) phonon assisted emissions of free excitons and confirmed that the nature of the room temperature PL in ZnO is 1-LO phonon assisted emission of free excitons. Low threshold ultraviolet stimulated emissions (SE) were obtained for our powder samples at room temperature. Picosecond time-resolved PL measurements detected a bi-exponential decay behavior which is strongly dependent on the excitation intensity: the slow decay term decreased faster than the fast decay term as the excitation intensity increased and the emission decays were dominated by the fast one. We also found that the emission decays decreased super-linearly before the appearance of the SE. This behavior may be used to deduce the threshold of SE or lasing.     

Magnetic-field effects on exciton–polaron in a CdSe quantum disk

We study theoretically the interaction between excitons and longitudinal optical (LO) phonons in a cylindrical disk-like semiconductor quantum dot under an applied magnetic field. Due to the intensity of the interaction in the strong coupling regime, a composite quasi-particle called exciton–polaron is formed. We focus on the effect of the disk size and an external magnetic field on the exciton–phonon interaction energy and the exciton–polaron modes. The numerical computation for a CdSe quantum disk have shown that the exciton–phonon interaction energy is very significant and is even dominant when the disk height is small, which leads to a large Rabi splitting between the exciton–polaron modes. We investigate also the effect of the temperature on the integrated photoluminescence (PL) intensity, and show that at relatively high temperature the LO phonons have a noticeable effect on it. This physical parameter also shows a great dependence on quantum disk size and on magnetic field.     

极性晶体膜中强耦合激子的极化子效应和温度依赖性

采用线性组合算符和变分方法研究了极性晶体膜中激子与表面光学（SO）声子强耦合、与体纵光学（LO）声子弱耦合体系的性质,推导出了激子诱生势的表达式,并以AgBr晶体为例进行了数值计算.结果表明：激子的诱生势不仅与电子-空穴间距离有关,而且温度与极性晶体膜厚度对激子诱生势的影响也十分显著.     

极性晶体膜中强耦合激子的极化子效应和温度依赖性

采用线性组合算符和变分方法研究了极性晶体膜中激子与表面光学(SO)声子强耦合、与体纵光学(LO)声子弱耦合体系的性质,推导出了激子诱生势的表达式,并以AgBr晶体为例进行了数值计算.结果表明:激子的诱生势不仅与电子-空穴间距离有关,而且温度与极性晶体膜厚度对激子诱生势的影响也十分显著.     

Formation of excitons from free electron–hole pairs due to acoustic phonon interactions in quantum wells

A study of the process of exciton formation due to acoustic phonon interaction in quantum wells (QWs) is presented. Considering that excitons are formed from photoexcited free electron–hole pairs, we have derived the rate of such formation as a function of density and temperature of charge carriers and wavevectorK_|| of the center-of-mass motion of exciton, and finally applied our theory to GaAs/AlGaAs QWs. We have found that the formation of an exciton due to acoustic phonon emission is more efficient at relatively large values ofK_|| (hot excitons) whereas that due to longitudinal optical (LO) phonon emission is more efficient at relatively small values of K_||.     

CdSe/CdZnSe超晶格的激子光学性质的研究

用分子束外延法在GaAs衬底上生长了CdSe/Cd0.65Zn0.35Se超晶格结构。利用X射线衍射（XRD）、77K下变密度激发的光致发光光谱和变温度光致发光光谱研究了CdSe/CdZnSe超晶格结构和激光复合特性，在该材料中观测到激子－激子散射发射峰，变密度激发光致发光光谱和谱温度光致发光光谱证实了这一现象，激子发射峰的线宽随着温度的升高而展宽，低温时发光峰的宽度主要是由合金组分和阱垒起伏引起的，没温时激子线宽展宽是由于激子与纵光学声子和离化的施主杂质间的散射作用引起的，光致发光的强度随着温度的升高而降低，这主要是由激子的热离化造成的，也就是说，热激发使得电子或空穴由阱中跃迁至垒上。