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Effect of temperature on the optical properties of GaAsSbN/GaAs single quantum wells grown by molecular-beam epitaxy

2003; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 93; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.1560574

ISSN

1520-8850

Autores

Sidney A. Lourenço, I. F. L. Dias, Luiz Carlos Poças, José Leonil Duarte, José Brás Barreto de Oliveira, Jean‐Christophe Harmand,

Tópico(s)

Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Resumo

GaAsSbN/GaAs strained-layer single quantum wells grown on a GaAs substrate by molecular-beam epitaxy with different N concentrations were studied using the photoluminescence (PL) technique in the temperature range from 9 to 296 K. A strong redshift in optical transition energies induced by a small increase in N concentration has been observed in the PL spectra. This effect can be explained by the interaction between a narrow resonant band formed by the N-localized states and the conduction band of the host semiconductor. Excitonic transitions in the quantum wells show a successive red/blue/redshift with increasing temperature in the 2–100 K range. The activation energies of nonradiative channels responsible for a strong thermal quenching are deduced from an Arrhenius plot of the integrated PL intensity.

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