GaN纳米柱发光特性

用自组装的Ni纳米岛做掩模通过ICP刻蚀得到GaN纳米柱,采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观测其形貌,室温下光致发光(PL)谱测量研究样品发光特性。结果表明,室温下GaN 纳米柱的发光强度是体材料的2.6倍。为了修复刻蚀损伤,用KOH对样品进行湿法处理,发现经KOH处理的纳米柱与处理前相比变得更直,且其发光较处理之前进一步增强。为了研究其原因,分别对KOH处理前后的样品进行变温PL谱的测量,发现湿法处理后发光增强是由于内量子效率的提高引起的。     

GaN基量子阱的激子跃迁和光学性质

采用光致发光谱、光致发光激发谱以及拉曼光谱对GaN基量子阱材料进行了实验观察和分析 .实验结果表明样品中量子点结构不均匀及InGaN层中In成分分布不均匀 ,且其光致发光谱的波峰是由自由激子辐射复合发光引起的 .同时由室温下InGaN/GaN量子阱的拉曼谱可得知InGaN/GaN多量子阱的结构特征     

GaP1-xNx混晶中新束缚态的研究

利用变温光致发光(PL)谱及时间衰退发光谱研究了一系列CaP1-xNx混晶的光学性质。GaP1-xNx混晶的PL谱从低组分的NN对束缚激子及其声子伴线到高组分杂质带发光的特征,表现出明显的带隙降低的趋势。测量结果显示,在组分x≥0．24％的样品的发光谱中NN1能量之下已经开始出现几个新的束缚态,对其激活能的拟合及对时间衰退发光谱的分析表明,新的束缚态一方面仍保留有N束缚激子的性质,另一方面又表现出有别于NN对束缚激子的发光机制。说明新的束缚态有可能由新的N原子组成(如NNN原子)或与NN对束缚激子存在着某种相互作用。     

磁控溅射制备ZnO薄膜的受激发射特性的研究

用射频磁控反应溅射法在二氧化硅衬底上制备ZnO薄膜。得到了在不同温度下ZnO薄膜的吸收与光致发光。观测到了纵光学波 (LO)声子吸收峰与自由激子吸收峰 ;室温 (30 0K)下 ,PL谱中仅有自由激子发光峰。这些结果证实了ZnO薄膜具有较高的质量。探讨了变温ZnO薄膜的发光特性。研究了ZnO薄膜的受激发射特性。     

离子注入及后退火方法制备SiO2基质中镶嵌ZnO纳米粒子的结构和光学性质

利用离子注入及后退火方法在光学纯的石英基片中注入3×1017cm-2剂量的Zn离子,然后在不同的退火条件下制备了高质量的镶嵌在SiO2基质中的ZnO纳米粒子.X射线衍射光谱的实验结果表明在氧气气氛、700℃退火温度和2小时退火时间条件下,得到了(002)择优取向镶嵌在SiO2基质中的ZnO纳米粒子;而在700℃退火温度、N2和O2气氛下顺次退火1小时,得到了比上述条件(002)择优取向更好的ZnO纳米粒子.室温下对用上述两种条件制备的镶嵌在SiO2基质中的ZnO纳米粒子观察到了自由激子吸收峰.室温光致发光谱中观察到了ZnO纳米粒子位于3.29eV处的强紫外发射,紫外发射强度与深能级发光强度之比为40,紫外发射峰的半高宽为96meV,晶体质量类似于分子束外延方法生长的ZnO.在低温(77K)光致发光谱中,较强的自由激子的紫外发光峰仍然存在.     

In组分对InGaN/GaN蓝光LED的发光性质的影响

利用扫描透射电子显微术(STEM)和变温光致发光光谱(PL)研究了In组分对InGaN/GaN蓝光LED的发光的影响.STEM发现两个样品量子阱结构相同,低温PL显示低In组分的样品的发光峰位随着温度的升高呈现出经典S(Red-Blue-Red)曲线.目前普遍认为蓝移是In组分分布不均匀造成的局域激子发光的主要原因,然...     

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)。     

GaAs间隔层厚度对InAs/GaAs量子点分子光学性质的影响

采用光致荧光发射谱(PL)和时间分辨荧光发射谱(TRPL)研究了GaAs间隔层厚度对自组装生长的双层InAs/GaAs量子点分子光学性质的影响.首先,测量低温下改变激发强度的PL谱,底层量子点和顶层量子点的PL强度比值随激发强度发生变化,表明两层量子点之间的耦合作用和层间载流子的转移随着间隔层厚度变大而变弱.接着测量改变温度的PL谱,量子点荧光光谱峰值位置(Emax)、半峰全宽及积分强度随温度发生变化,表明GaAs间隔层厚度直接影响到量子点内载流子的动力学过程和量子点发光的热淬灭过程.最后,TRPL测量发现60mL比40mL间隔层厚度样品的载流子隧穿时间有明显延长.     

PLD方法制备的ZnO纳米柱结构及光学特性

采用无催化脉冲激光沉积(PLD)方法,在InP(100)衬底上生长纳米ZnO柱状结构。采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)以及光致发光(PL)谱等表征手段对ZnO纳米柱的形貌、晶体结构和光学特性进行了观察。SEM图像观察到ZnO纳米柱状结构具有一定的取向性;XRD测试在2θ=34.10°处观测到强的ZnO(002)衍射峰,证实ZnO纳米柱具有较好的c轴择优取向;室温PL谱在379nm处观察到了强的自由激子发射峰(半峰全宽为19nm),未探测到深能级跃迁发射峰,表明生长的纳米ZnO结构具有很高的光学质量。     

CdSe/CdS核/壳型纳米晶的光谱特性

以巯基乙酸为稳定剂制备了CdSe/CdS核／壳型纳米晶。用光吸收谱（Abs)、光致发光谱（PL）及光致发光激发谱（PLE）研究了CdS壳层对CdSe纳米晶电子结构，从而对其吸收和发光性能的影响。根据PL和PLE的结果以及带边激子精细结构的计算结果，我们用尺寸很小的纳米晶中所形成的基激缔合物解释了PL光谱与吸收边之间较大的Stokes位移。     

High-efficiency InGaN/AlInGaN multiple quantum wells with lattice-matched AlInGaN superlattices barrier

A new approach to fabricating high-quality AlInGaN film as a lattice-matched barrier layer in multiple quantum wells(MQWs) is presented. The high-quality AlInGaN film is realized by growing the AlGaN/InGaN short period superlattices through metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, and then being used as a barrier in the MQWs. The crystalline quality of the MQWs with the lattice-matched AlInGaN barrier and that of the conventional InGaN/GaN MQWs are characterized by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The photoluminescence(PL) properties of the InGaN/AlInGa N MQWs are investigated by varying the excitation power density and temperature through comparing with those of the InGaN/GaN MQWs. The integral PL intensity of InGaN/AlInGaN MQWs is over 3 times higher than that of InGaN/GaN MQWs at room temperature under the highest excitation power. Temperature-dependent PL further demonstrates that the internal quantum efficiency of InGaN/AlInGaN MQWs(76.1%) is much higher than that of InGaN/GaN MQWs(21%).The improved luminescence performance of InGaN/AlInGaN MQWs can be attributed to the distinct reduction of the barrier-well lattice mismatch and the strain-induced non-radiative recombination centers.     

Luminescent Characteristics of Near Ultraviolet InGaN/GaN MQWs Grown on Grooved Sapphire Substrates Fabricated by Wet Chemical Etching

InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells （MQWs） are grown on planar and maskless periodically grooved sapphires by metal organic vapour phase epitaxy （MOCVD）. High-resolution x-ray rocking curves and transmission electron microscopy （TEM） are adopted to characterize the film quality. Compared with the MQWs grown on planar sapphire, the sample grown on grooved sapphire shows better crystalline quality： a remarkable reduction of dislocation densities is achieved. Meanwhile, the MQWs grown on grooved sapphire show two times larger PL intensity at room temperature. Temperature-dependent PL measurements are adopted to investigate the luminescence properties. The luminescence thermal quenching based on a fit to the Arrhenius plot of the normalized integrated PL intensity over the measured temperature range suggests that the nonradiative recombination centres （NRCs） are greatly reduced for the sample grown on grooved sapphire. We assume that the reduction of dislocations which act as NRCs is the main reason for the sample grown on pattern sapphire having higher PL intensity.     

蓝光激光器结构中InGaN/GaN多量子阱界面效应的精细光致发光光谱研究

金属有机化学气相沉积（MOCVD）方法制备InGaN/GaN多量子阱结构时,在GaN势垒层生长的N₂载气中引入适量H₂,能够有效改善阱/垒界面质量从而提升发光效率。本工作利用光致发光（PL）光谱技术,对蓝光激光器结构中的InGaN/GaN多量子阱的发光性能进行了精细的光谱学测量与表征,研究了通H₂生长对量子阱界面的调控效应及其发光效率提升的物理机制。室温PL光谱结果显示,GaN势垒层生长载气中引入2.5%的H₂使InGaN/GaN多量子阱的发光效率提升了75%、发光峰的峰位蓝移了17 meV、半峰宽（FWHM）减小了10 meV。通过功率依赖的PL光谱特征分析,我们对InGaN/GaN量子阱中的量子限制Stark效应（QCSE）和能带填充（Band Filling）效应进行了清晰的辨析,发现了发光峰峰位和峰宽的光谱特征主要受QCSE效应影响,H₂的引入能够大幅度降低QCSE效应,并且确定了QCSE效应被完全屏蔽情况下的发光峰能量为2.75 eV。温度依赖的PL光谱数据揭示了通H₂生长量子阱结构中显著减弱的载流子局域化行为,显示界面质量提高有效降低了限制势垒的能量波动,从而导致更窄的发光峰半峰宽。PL光谱强度随温度的变化规律表明,通H₂生长并不改变量子阱界面处的非辐射复合中心的物理本质,却能够显著减少非辐射复合中心的密度,有助于提升量子阱的发光效率。通过时间分辨PL光谱分析,发现通H₂生长会导致量子阱结构中更短的载流子辐射复合寿命,但不影响非辐射复合寿命。载流子复合寿命的变化特征进一步确认了通H₂生长对量子阱结构中QCSE效应和非辐射复合中心的影响规律。综合所有PL光谱分析结果,我们发现通H₂生长能够提高InGaN/GaN多量子阱的界面质量、显著减弱应力效应（更弱的QCSE效应）、降低限制势垒的能量波动以及减少界面处非辐射复合中心的密度,从而显著提升量子阱的发光效率。该研究工作充分显示了PL光谱技术对半导体量子结构发光性能的精细表征能力,光谱分析结果能够为InGaN/GaN多量子阱生长提供有价值的参考。     

InGaN/GaN多量子阱的组分确定和晶格常数计算

采用金属有机化学气相沉积(MOCVD)技术以蓝宝石为衬底在n型GaN单晶层上生长了InGaN/GaN多量子阱结构外延薄膜，利用高分辨X射线衍射(HRXRD)，卢瑟福背散射/沟道(RBS/channeling)，以及光致发光(PL)技术对InGaN/GaN多量子阱结构薄膜分别进行了平均晶格常数计算、In原子替位率计算和In组分的定量分析.研究表明：InGaN/GaN多量子阱的水平和垂直方向平均晶格常数分别为a_epi=0.3195nm，c_epi=0.5198nm，In原子的替位率为99.3%，利用HRXRD和RBS/channeling两种分析技术计算In的组分分别是0.023和0.026，并与样品生长时设定的预期目标相符合，验证了两种实验方法的准确性；而用室温条件下的光致发光谱(PL)来计算InGaN/GaN多量子阱中In的组分是与HRXRD和RBS/channeling的实验结果相差很大，说明用PL测试In组分的方法是不适宜的. 关键词： InGaN/GaN多量子阱 高分辨X射线衍射 卢瑟福背散射/沟道 光致发光     

Temperature and excitation dependence of stimulated emission and spontaneous emission in InGaN epilayer

Temperature and excitation dependent photoluminescence(PL) of InGaN epilayer grown on c-plane Ga N/sapphire template by molecular beam epitaxy(MBE) has been systematically investigated. The emission spectra of the sample consisted of strong multiple peaks associated with one stimulated emission(SE) located at 430 nm and two spontaneous emissions(SPE) centered at about 450 nm and 480 nm, indicating the co-existence of shallow and deep localized states.The peak energy of SE exhibiting weak s-shaped variation with increasing temperature revealed the localization effect of excitons. Moreover, an abnormal increase of the SPE intensity with increasing temperature was also observed, which indicated that the carrier transfer between the shallow and deeper localized states exists. Temperature dependent time-resolved PL(TRPL) demonstrated the carrier transfer processes among the localized states. In addition, a slow thermalization of hot carriers was observed in InGaN film by using TRPL and transient differential reflectivity, which is attributed to the phonon bottleneck effect induced by indium aggregation.     

Influence of growth parameters on the properties of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

The effects of growth parameters such as barrier growth time, growth pressure and indium flow rate on the properties of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) were investigated by using photoluminescence (PL), high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD), and atomic force microscope (AFM). The InGaN/GaN MQW structures were grown on c-plane sapphire substrate by using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. With increasing barrier growth time, the PL peak energy is blue-shifted by 18 nm. For InGaN/GaN MQW structures grown at different growth pressures, the PL intensity is maximized in the 300 Torr – grown structure, which could be attributed to the improved structural quality confirmed by HRXRD and AFM results. Also, the optical properties of InGaN/GaN MQW are strongly affected by the indium flow rate.     

Near-field optical characterization of GaN and InxGa1−xN/GaN heterostructures grown on freestanding GaN substrates

Using near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM), we report the spatial distribution of photoluminescence (PL) intensity in III-nitride-based semiconductor layers grown on GaN substrates. Undoped GaN, In_0.11Ga_0.89N, and In_0.13Ga_0.87N/GaN multi-quantum wells (MQWs) were grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on freestanding GaN substrates. Micro-Raman spectroscopy has been used to evaluate the crystalline properties of the GaN homoepitaxial layers. The variation of the PL intensity from the NSOM imaging indicates that the external PL efficiency fluctuates from 20% to 40% in the 200 nm InGaN single layer on freestanding GaN, whereas it fluctuates from 20% to 60% in InGaN/GaN MQWs. In the NSOM-PL images, bright island-like features are observed. After deconvolution with the spatial resolution of the NSOM, the size of these features is estimated to be in the range of 150–250 nm.     

硅衬底生长的InGaN/GaN多层量子阱中δ型硅掺杂n-GaN层对载流子复合过程的调节作用

为了解决在单晶硅衬底上生长的InGaN/GaN多层量子阱发光二极管器件发光效率显著降低的问题,使用周期性δ型Si掺杂的GaN取代Si均匀掺杂的GaN作为n型层释放多层界面间的张应力。采用稳态荧光谱及时间分辨荧光谱测量,提取并分析了使用该方案前后的多层量子阱中辐射/非辐射复合速率随温度（10~300 K）的变化规律。实验结果表明引入δ-Si掺杂的n-GaN层后,非辐射复合平均激活能由（18±3）meV升高到（38±10）meV,对应非辐射复合速率随温度升高而上升的趋势变缓,室温下非辐射复合速率下降,体系中与阱宽涨落有关的浅能级复合中心浓度减小,PL峰位由531 nm左右红移至579 nm左右,样品PL效率随温度的衰减受到抑制。使用周期性δ型Si掺杂的GaN取代Si均匀掺杂的GaN作为生长在Si衬底上的InGaN/GaN多层量子阱LED器件n型层,由于应力释放,降低了多层量子阱与n-GaN界面、InGaN/GaN界面的缺陷密度,使得器件性能得到了改善。     

Dynamics of electron–hole plasmas and localized excitons in highly excited GaN-based ternary alloys

We have studied photoluminescence (PL) spectra of GaN crystals and InGaN ternary alloys at low temperatures as a function of the femtosecond laser excitation intensity. With an increase of the intensity, the broad PL due to electron–hole plasmas (EHP) appears below the biexciton PL in the GaN sample. On the other hand, the broad EHP PL appears above the localized exciton PL in the InGaN sample. The intensity dependence of PL properties of InGaN crystals is completely different from that of GaN crystals. The effect of alloy disorder on PL processes in ternary alloys is discussed.     

Strain Effect on Photoluminescences from InGaN MQWs with Different Barriers Grown by MOCVD

InGaN/GaN MQWs, InGaN/AlGaN MQWs and InGaN/AlInGaN MQWs are grown on （0001） sapphire substrates by MOCVD. Membrane samples are fabricated by laser lift-off technology. The photoluminescence spec-ra of membranes show a blue shift of peak positions in InGaN/GaN MQWs, a red shift of peak positions in InGaN/AlGaN MQWs and no shift of peak positions in InGaN/AIlnGaN MQWs from those of samples with substrates. Different changes in Raman scattering spectra and HR-XRD （0002） profile of InGaN/AlInGaN MQWs, from those of InGaN/GaN MQWs and InGaN/AlGaN MQWs, are observed. The fact that the strain changes differently among InGaN MQWs with different barriers is confirmed. The AIlnGaN barrier could adjust the residual stress for the least strain-induced electric field in InGaN/AIlnGaN quantum wells.