0000000000133710
AUTHOR
Anna Vinattieri
Consequences of the spatial localization on the exciton recombination dynamics in InGaP/GaAs heterostructures
5 páginas, 4 figuras.
Reduction of the internal electric field in GaN/AlN quantum dots grown on the a ‐plane of SiC substrates
We present a study of the emission of a multi-layer stack of self-assembled GaN/AlN quantum dots grown on the a -plane of 6H-SiC. We look for signatures of the internal electric field in the power dependence of the time-integrated and time-resolved photoluminescence spectra. The lack of a dynamical red-shift reveals that internal electric fields are significantly reduced in these dots. A band on the low energy side of the emission is observed whose intensity quenches fast when increasing the temperature. The polarization selection rules of the emission are examined in order to determine the physical nature of this band. (© 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Resonant rayleigh scattering in semiconductor structures
A detailed study of the relative role played by localized and/or propagating intermediate excitonic states in, resonant Rayleigh scattering (RRS) is presented for a large set of GaAs quantum well (QW) and bulk structures. We show that the two kinds of states contribute to RRS through different mechanisms. We concluded that RRS occurs via localized states in QW heterostructures, very likely due to localization by the interface roughness, while bulk, crystals turn out to be better candidates for RRS via propagating states.
Single photon emission from impurity centers in AlGaAs epilayers on Ge and Si substrates
We show that the epitaxial growth of thin layers of AlGaAs on Ge and Si substrates allows to obtain single photon sources by exploiting the sparse and unintentional contamination with acceptors of the AlGaAs. Very bright and sharp single photoluminescence lines are observed in confocal microscopy. These lines behave very much as single excitons in quantum dots, but their implementation is by far much easier, since it does not require 3D nucleation. The photon antibunching is demonstrated by time resolved Hanbury Brown and Twiss measurements.
Exciton kinetics and luminescence in disordered InxGa 1-xP/GaAs quantum wells
Trabajo presentado en el 7th International Workshop on Nonlinear Optics and Excitation Kinetics in Semiconductors, NOEKS 2003, celebrado en Karlsruhe (Alemania), del 23 al 28 de febrero de 2003
Elastic light scattering from semiconductor structures: Localized versus propagating intermediate electronic excitations
We present a theoretical study of the relative role of localized and propagating intermediate electronic states in the processes of elastic scattering of light. Only localized excitations lead to isotropic scattering in lowest-order perturbation theory. Inhomogeneous broadening of the optical transition affects the scattering efficiency from the ordered and disordered array of localized states in a qualitatively different way. The propagating electronic excitations may only contribute to elastic light scattering via higher-order processes. The scattering of excitons by impurities or the interface roughness potential is suggested as a mechanism for the contribution of propagating excitations…
Resonant Rayleigh scattering in quantum well structures
Abstract We report continuous wave experiments on resonant Rayleigh scattering (RRS) performed on high quality GaAs AlGaAs quantum well structures. The simultaneous measurement of the resonant Rayleigh scattering and of the photoluminescence excitation (PLE) allows us to resolve very small differences between the two spectra. We show that, even in very good samples, there is a small but detectable Stokes shift of the RRS profile with respect to the PLE. It is also found that the RRS profile has a smaller linewidth and is sensitive to bound exciton transitions which are not detectable in the PLE. We compare our data with previous findings and discuss possible origins of the Stokes shift.
Optical characterization of individual GaAs quantum dots grown with height control technique
We show that the epitaxial growth of height-controlled GaAs quantum dots, leading to the reduction of the inhomogeneous emission bandwidth, produces individual nanostructures of peculiar morphology. Besides the height controlled quantum dots, we observe nanodisks formation. Exploiting time resolved and spatially resolved photoluminescence we establish the decoupling between quantum dots and nanodisks and demonstrate the high optical properties of the individual quantum dots, despite the processing steps needed for height control. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
Temperature dependence of the effective mobility edge and recombination dynamics of free and localized excitons in InGaP/GaAs quantum wells
3 páginas, 1 figura.-- Comunicación presentada al Proceedings of the International Conference on Superlattices, Nano-structures and Nano-devices ICSNN 2002 o-structures and Nano-devices ICSNN 2002.
Anisotropic polarization of non‐polar GaN quantum dot emission
We report on experimental and theoretical studies of the polarization selection rules of the emission of non-polar GaN/AlN self-assembled quantum dots. Time-integrated and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements have been performed to determine the degree of polarization. It is found that the emission of some samples can be predominantly polarized parallel to the wurtzite c axis, in striking difference with the previously reported results for bulk GaN and its heterostructures, in which the emission was preferentially polarized perpendicular to the c axis. Theoretical calculations based on an 8-band k·p model are used to analyze the relative importance of strain, confinement and quantum…
Multiexciton complex from extrinsic centers in AlGaAs epilayers on Ge and Si substrates
The multiexciton properties of extrinsic centers from AlGaAs layers on Ge and Si substrates are addressed. The two photon cascade is found both in steady state and in time resolved experiments. Polarization analysis of the photoluminescence provides clearcut attribution to neutral biexciton complexes. Our findings demonstrate the prospect of exploiting extrinsic centers for generating entangled photon pairs on a Si based device. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.