The photoluminescence technique applied to the investigation of structural imperfections in quantum wells of semiconducting material

Photoluminescence is one of the most used spectroscopy techniques for the study of the optical properties of semiconducting materials and heterostructures. In this work the potentiality of this technique is explored through the investigation and characterization of structural imperfections originate...

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Autores: Laureto, Edson, Dias, Ivan Frederico Lupiano, Duarte, José Leonil, Toginho Filho, Dari de Oliveira, Lourenço, Sidney Alves, Meneses, Eliermes Arraes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
Repositorio:Revista Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.ojs.uel.br:article/1579
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semexatas/article/view/1579
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Semiconductors
Quantum wells
Interfaces
Photoluminescence
physics of the condensed matter
Semicondutores
Poços quânticos
Fotoluminescência.
Fotoluminescência
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Sumario:Photoluminescence is one of the most used spectroscopy techniques for the study of the optical properties of semiconducting materials and heterostructures. In this work the potentiality of this technique is explored through the investigation and characterization of structural imperfections originated from fluctuations in the chemical composition of ternary and quaternary alloys, from interface roughnesses, and from unintentional compounds formed by the chemical elements intermixing at the interfaces. Samples of GaAs/AlGaAs, GaAsSb/GaAs, GaAsSbN/GaAs and GaAs/GaInP quantum well structures are analyzed to verify the influence of the structural imperfections on the PL spectra