Current oscillations and stable electric field domains in doped GaAs/AlAs superlattices

The crossover between two regimes has been observed in the vertical electric transport of weakly coupled GaAs/AlAs superlattices (SLs). At fixed d.c. bias, the SLs can be triggered by illumination to switch from a regime of temporal current oscillation to the formation of a stable electric field domain. The conversion can be reversed by raising the sample temperature to about 200 K. An effective carrier injection model is proposed to explain the conversion processes, taking into account the contact resistance originating from DX centres in the n(+)-Al0.5Ga0.5As contact layers which is sensitive to light illumination and temperature. In addition, quasiperiodic oscillations have been observed at a particular d.c. bias voltage.

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE STUDIES ON VERY HIGH-DENSITY 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GASES IN PSEUDOMORPHIC MODULATION-DOPED QUANTUM-WELLS

We present photoluminescence studies on highly dense two-dimensional electron gases in selectively Si delta-doped GaAs/In0.18Ga0.82As/Al0.25Ga0.75As quantum wells (N(s) = 4.24 x 10(12) cm-2). Five well-resolved photoluminescence lines centered at 1.4194, 1.4506, 1.4609, 1.4695 and 1.4808 eV were observed, which are attributed to the subband excition emission. The subband separations clearly exhibit the feature of a typical quantum well with triangle and square potential. These very intensive and sharp luminescence peaks with linewidths of 2.2 to 3.5 meV indicate the high quality of the structures. Their dependence on the excitation intensity and temperatures are also discussed.

Cl2／Ar／BCl3ICP刻蚀对AIGaN的损伤研究

感应耦合等离子体（ICP）刻蚀在AlGaN基紫外探测器台面制作中起着重要作用，初步研究了Cl2／Ar／BCl3ICP刻蚀对A1GaN材料的损伤。运用X射线光电子能谱（XPS）对ICP刻蚀前后的n型Al0.45Ga0．55N表面进行了分析，并对刻蚀后AlGaN材料在N2气中快速热退火进行了研究。结果表明，在N2气中550℃退火3min对材料的电学性能有明显的改善作用。

两种结构GaN基太阳盲紫外探测器

分别在金属有机化学汽相沉积（MOCVD）生长的i-Al0.33Ga0.67N／AlN／n-GaN和p-Al0.45Ga0．55N／i—Al0.45Ga0.55N／n＋-Al0.65Ga0.35N的异质结构上，成功研制了太阳盲区的肖特基型和PIN型紫外探测器。研究结果表明，Au与i—Al0.33Ga0.67N形成了较好的肖特基结，响应波长从250—290nm，峰值（286nm）响应率约为0．08A／W；PIN型紫外探测器的响应波长从230～275nm，峰值（246nm）响应率约为0．02A／W。

背照式GaN／AlGaN p-i-n紫外探测器的制备与性能

文章研究了p-GaN／i—GaN／n-Al0.3Ga0.7N异质结背照式p-i—n可见盲紫外探测器的制备与性能。器件的响应区域为310～365nm，最大响应率为0．046A/W，对应的内量子效率为19％，优值因子R0A达到1．77×10^8Ω·cm^2，相应的在363nm处的探测率D^＊=2．6×10^12cmHz^1/2W^-1。

高量子效率前照式GaN基p-i-n结构紫外探测器

研究了Al0.1-Ga0.9N／GaN异质结p-i-n结构可见盲紫外探测器的制备与性能,P区采用Al组分含量为0．1的AlGaN外延材料形成窗口层，使340-365nm波段的紫外光可以直接透过P区到达i区并被吸收，有效提高了这个波段的响应率与量子效率,并且研究了不同P区AlGaN外延层厚度对探测器性能的影响，制备了两种不同P区厚度（0．1μm和0．15μm）的器件，测试结果表明，P区的厚度对200-340nm波段光吸收的量子效率影响较大，而i区的晶体质量的提高可以有效提高340-365nm波段光吸收的量子效率,并且当P区AlGaN厚度为0．15μm时，器件的峰值响应率达到0．214A／W，在考虑表面反射时外量子效率高达85．6％，接近理论极限，并且在零偏压时暗电流密度为3．16nA／cm^2,表明器件具有非常高的信噪比。

半导体低维结构的压力光谱研究

研究了一些半导体低维结构的压力光谱.测得平均直径为26、52和62nm的In0.55Al0.45As/Al0.5Ga0.5As量子点发光峰的压力系数分别为82、94和98 meV/GPa.表明这些发光峰具有Γ谷的特性,这些量子点为Ⅰ型量子点.而平均直径为7nm的量子点发光峰的压力系数为-17 meV/GPa,具有X谷的特性.所以这种小量子点为Ⅱ型量子点.测得ZnS:Mn纳米粒子中Mn发光峰的压力系数为-34.6meV/GPa,与晶体场理论的预计一致.而DA对发光峰基本不随压力变化,表明它应该与ZnS基体中的表面缺陷有关.测得ZnS:Cu纳米粒子中Cu的发光峰的压力系数为63.2meV/GPa,与ZnS体材料的带隙压力系数相同.表明Cu引入的受主能级具有浅受主的某些特点.测得ZnS:Eu纳米粒子中Eu发光峰的压力系数为24.1meV/GPa,与晶体场理论的预计不同.可能和Eu的激发态与ZnS导带间的相互作用有关.

GaAs/AlGaAs量子级联激光器

利用分子束外延方法生长了激射波长约为9μm的GaAs/Al0.45Ga0.55As量子级联激光器.条宽35μm,腔长2mm的器件准连续激射温度最高达120K,81K下未经收集效率修正的峰值功率超过70mW.

Design and Realization of Resonant Tunneling Diodes with New Material Structure

A new material structure with Al0.22Ga(>. 78 As/Ino.i5 Gao.ss As/GaAs emitter spacer layer and GaAs/Ino.15-Gao.8ii As/GaAs well for resonant tunneling diodes is designed and the corresponding device is fabricated. RTDs DC characteristics are measured at room temperature. Peak-to-valley current ratio and the available current density for RTDs at room temperature are computed. Analysis on these results suggests that adjusting material structure and optimizing fabrication processes will be an effective means to improve the quality of RTDs.

P型GaN和AlGaN外延材料的制备

研究了MOVPE方法外延P型GaN和Al0.13 Ga0.87N的生长工艺，包括掺杂剂量和热退火条件，对材料电学性质的影响。得到了性能优良的P型材料，并研制了InGaN/AlGaN双异质结蓝光发光二极管。

Coupled AlxGa1-xAs-AlAs distributed Bragg reflectors for high brightness AlGaInP light emitting diodes

A novel coupled distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) with double thickness periods was theoretically analyzed based on the spontaneous radiation properties of high brightness AlGaInP light emitting diodes(LED). Several important factors were considered including spontaneous radiation angle distribution, absorption and FTR of DBR. Calculation results showed that the optimum optical thickness of single layer of the DBR deviates from 1/4 lambda. AIGaInP high brightness light emitting diodes both with Al0.5Ga0.5As/AlAs coupled DBR and with conventional DBR were fabricated by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD). X-ray double crystal diffraction and reflection spectrum were employed to determine the thickness and reflectivity of the DBR. It was found that reflectivity of coupled DBR is less sensitive to incident angle than conventional DBR, higher external quantum efficiency of light emitting diodes with coupled DBR was obtained than that with conventional DBR.

High brightness AlGaInP orange light emitting diodes

Orange AlGaInP high brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs) were fabricated by low pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition(LP-MOCVD) technology. AlGaInP double heterojunction structure was used as active layer. 15 pairs of Al0.5Ga0.5As/AlAs distributed Bragg reflector and 7 mu m Al0.8Ga0.2As current spreading layer were employed to reduce the absorption of GaAs substrate and upper anode respectively. At 20mA the LEDs emitting wavelength was between 600-610nm with 18.3nm FWHM, 0.45mW radiation power and 1.7% external quantum efficiency. Brightness of the LED chips and LED lamps with 15 degrees viewing angle(2 theta(1/2)) reached 30mcd and 1000mcd respectively.

Photoluminescence study on coarsening of self-assembled InAlAs quantum dots on GaAs (001)

Red-emission at similar to 640 nm from self-assembled In0.55Al0.45As/Al0.5Ga0.5As quantum dots grown on GaAs substrate by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) has been demonstrated. We obtained a double-peak structure of photoluminescence (PL) spectra from quantum dots. An atomic force micrograph (AFM) image for uncapped sample also shows a bimodal distribution of dot sizes. From the temperature and excitation intensity dependence of PL spectra, we found that the double-peak structure of PL spectra from quantum dots was strongly correlated to the two predominant quantum dot families. Taking into account quantum-size effect on the peak energy, we propose that the high (low) energy peak results from a smaller (larger) dot family, and this result is identical with the statistical distribution of dot lateral size from the AFM image.

High-field cyclotron resonance and electron-phonon interaction in modulation-doped multiple quantum well structures

A systematic study of electron cyclotron resonance (CR) in two sets of GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As modulation-doped quantum-well samples (well widths between 12 and 24 nm) has been carried out in magnetic fields up to 30 T. Polaron CR is the dominant transition in the region of GaAs optical phonons for the set of lightly doped samples, and the results are in good agreement with calculations that include the interaction with interface optical phonons. The results from the heavily doped set are markedly different. At low magnetic fields (below the GaAs reststrahlen region), all three samples exhibit almost identical CR which shows little effect of the polaron interaction due to screening and Pauli-principle effects. Above the GaAs LO-phonon region (B > similar to 23 T), the three samples behave very differently. For the most lightly doped sample (3 x 10(11) cm(-2)) only one transition minimum is observed, which can be explained as screened polaron CR. A sample of intermediate density (6 x 10(11) cm(-2)) shows two lines above 23 T; the higher frequency branch is indistinguishable from the positions of the single line of the low density sample. For the most heavily, doped sample (1.2 x 10(12) cm(-2)) there is no evidence of high frequency resonance, and the strong, single line observed is indistinguishable from the lower branch observed from sample with intermediate doping density. We suggest that the low frequency branch in our experiment is a magnetoplasmon resonance red-shifted by disorder, and the upper branch is single-particle-like screened polaron CR. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Resonant magnetopolaron effects in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well structures

A detailed experimental study of electron cyclotron resonance (CR) has been carried out at 4.2 K in three modulation-doped GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As multiple quantum well samples in fields up to 30 T. A strong avoided-level-crossing splitting of the CR energies due to resonant magnetopolaron effects is observed for all samples near the GaAs reststrahlen region. Resonant splittings in the region of AlAs-like interface phonon modes of the barriers are observed in two samples with narrower well width and smaller doping concentration. The interaction between electrons and the AlAs interface optical phonon modes has been calculated for our specific sample structures in the framework of the memory-function formalism. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental results, which confirms our assignment of the observed splitting near the AlAs-like phonon region is due to the resonant magnetopolaron interaction of electrons in the wells with AlAs-like interface phonons. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.