1. Effect of annealing on photoluminescence and microstructures of InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well with Mg-doped p-type GaN
- Author
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Yang Zhi-Jian, Feng Yu-Chun, Yu Tong-Jun, Niu Hanben, Li Zhong-Hui, Guo Bao-ping, and Zhang Guo-Yi
- Subjects
Photoluminescence ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Annealing (metallurgy) ,Doping ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Microstructure ,Quantum size effect ,symbols.namesake ,Stark effect ,symbols ,Optoelectronics ,Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy ,business ,Quantum well - Abstract
InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well structure with Mg-doped p-type GaN was grown by low-pressure metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy. After rapid-thermal-annealing at 700 and 900 degrees C, both the red-shift and the blue-shift of the photoluminescence (PL) peak, the decreased and the enhancement of the PL intensity were observed. The transmission electron microscopic images showed that InGaN multi-quantum-dots-like (MQD-like) structures with dimensions less than 5×10nm were formed in InGaN wells. The changes of PL spectra could be tentatively attributed to the competition between the red-shift mechanism of the quantum-confined Stark effect and the blue-shift mechanism of the quantum size effect due to MQD-like structures.
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- 2005