Green-light-emitting ZnSe nanowires fabricated via vapor phase growth

Stoichiometric ZnSe nanowires have been synthesized through a vapor phase reaction of zinc and selenium powder on the (100) silicon substrate coated with a gold film of 2 nm in thickness. The microstructures and the chemical compositions of the as-grown nanowires have been investigated by means of electron microscopy, the energy dispersive spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The results reveal that the as-grown materials consist of ZnSe nanowires with diameters ranging from 5 to 50 nm. Photoluminescence of the sample demonstrates a strong green emission from room temperature down to 10 K. This is attributed to the recombination of electrons from conduction band to the medium deep Au acceptors. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.

Temperature dependence of photoluminescence of flat and undulated SiGe/Si multiple quantum wells

Photoluminescence (PL) of strained SiGe/Si multiple quantum wells (MQW) with flat and undulated SiGe well layers was studied at different temperature. With elevated temperature from 10K, the no-phonon (NP) peak of the SiGe layers in the flat sample has firstly a blue shift due to the dominant transition converting from bound excitons (BE) to free excitons (FE), and then has a red shift when the temperature is higher than 30K because of the narrowing of the band gap. In the undulated sample, however, monotonous blue shift was observed as the temperature was elevated from 10 K to 287 K. The thermally activated electrons, confined in Si due to type-II band alignment, leak into the SiGe crest regions, and the leakage is enhanced with the elevated temperature. It results in a blue shift of the SiGe luminescence spectra.

High-temperature characteristics of GaInNAs/GaAs single-quantum-well lasers grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

GaInNAs/GaAs single-quantum-well (SQW) lasers have been grown by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy. N is introduced by a home-made de-active plasma source. Incorporation of N into InGaAs decreases the bandgap significantly. The highest N concentration of 2.6% in a GaInNAs/GaAs QW is obtained, corresponding to the photoluminescence (PL) peak wavelength of 1.57 mum at 10 K. The PL peak intensity decreases rapidly and the PL full width at half maximum increases with the increasing N concentrations. Rapid thermal annealing at 850 degrees C could significantly improve the crystal quality of the QWs. An optimum annealing time of 5s at 850 degrees C was obtained. The GalnNAs/GaAs SQW laser emitting at 1.2 mum exhibits a high characteristic temperature of 115 K in the temperature range of 20 degrees C- 75 degrees C.

Photoluminescence studies of type-II self-assembled In0.55Al0.45As/Al0.5Ga0.5As quantum dots grown on (311)A GaAs substrate

We investigated the photoluminescence (PL) of self-assembled In0.55Al0.45As/Al0.5Ga0.5As quantum dots (QDs) grown on (311)A GaAs substrate. The PL peak at 10 K shifts to lower energy by about 30 meV when the excitation power decreases by two orders of magnitude. It has a red-shift under pressure, that is the character of X-like transition. Moreover, its peak energy is smaller than the indirect gap of bulk Al0.5Ga0.5As and In0.55Al0.45As. We then attribute that peak to the type-II transition between electrons in X valley of Al0.5Ga0.5As and heavy holes in In0.55Al0.45As QDs. A new peak appears at the higher energy when temperature is increased above 70 K. It shifts to higher energy with increasing pressure, corresponding to the transition from conduction Gamma band to valence band in QDs. The measurements demonstrate that our In0.55Al0.45As/Al0.5Ga0.5As quantum dots are type-II QDs with X-like conduction-band minimum. To interpret the second X-related peak emerged under pressure, we discuss the X-valley split in QDs briefly. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)04622-2].

Optical characterization of high-purity cubic GaN grown on GaAs (001) substrate by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

The optical properties of cubic GaN films have been investigated in the temperature range of 10-300 K. Five peaks were observed at 10 K. From the dependence of photoluminescence emissions on the temperature and excitation intensity, we have assigned two of the five peaks (2.926 and 2.821 eV) to donor-acceptor pair (DAP) transitions. Furthermore, these two peaks were found to be related to a common shallow donor involved in the peak position previously reported at 3.150 eV. The intensities of DAP transitions were much weaker than that of excitonic emission even at low temperature, indicating a relatively high purity of our samples. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)00921-9].

Self-ordering of quasi-quantum wire in InAlAs/AlGaAs multilayer nanostructure and its optical anisotropy

Self-ordering of quasi-quantum wires in multilayer InAlAs/AlGaAs nanostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy is identified. The chain-like structures along the [1 (1) over bar 0] Of direction formed by coalescence of quantum dots were observed. The photoluminescence of the nanostructures is partially polarized along the [1 (1) over bar 0] direction. The polarization ratio depends on the wavelength and the maximum polarization is on the lower energy side. The maximum polarization increases from 0.32 at 10 K to 0.53 at 100 K, and the energy position of maximum polarization moves near to PL peak with increasing temperature. They are all related to the existence of isolated islands and quasi-quantum wires in our sample. This result provides a novel approach to produce narrow quantum wires. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Temperature-induced turnover of the well and barrier layers in ZnSe/Zn0.84Mn0.16Se superlattices

Photoluminescence of ZnSe, Zn0.84Mn0.16Se alloy, and ZnSe/Zn0.84Mn0.16Se superlattice (SL) have been measured in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. It is found that the band gap of the ZnSe was smaller than that of the Zn0.84Mn0.16Se alloy at 10 K, but larger than that of the alloy at 300 K. Then the well and barrier layers of the ZnSe/Zn0.84Mn0.16Se SL would be expected to turn over at about 180 K. This type of turn over was observed in the SL sample. The turn over took place at 80 K, somewhat lower than the expected temperature. A calculation including the strain in the ZnSe/Zn0.84Mn0.16Se SL indicates that the heavy-hole bands begin crossing at 75 K, which agrees well with experimental results. [S0163-1829(99)13127-8].

Growth and transport properties of InAs thin films on GaAs

High-quality InAs epitaxial layers have been grown on (1 0 0) oriented semi-insulating GaAs substrates by MBE. The transport properties of largely lattice mismatched InAs/GaAs heterojunctions have been investigated by Hall effect measurements down to 10 K. In spite of a high dislocation density at the heterointerface, very high electron mobilities are obtained in the InAs thin films. By doping Si into the layer far from the InAs/GaAs interface, we found that the doped samples have higher electron mobility than that of the undoped samples with the same thickness. The mobility demonstrates a pronounced minimum around 300 K for the undoped sample. But for Si-doped samples, no pronounced minimum has been found. Such abnormal behaviours are explained by the parallel conduction from the quasi-bulk carriers and interface carriers. These high-mobility InAs thin films are found to be suitable materials for making Hall elements. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Tunneling magnetoresistance in (Ga,Mn)As/Al-O/CoFeB hybrid structures

Tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in Ga(0.9)2Mn(0.08)As/Al-O/Co40Fe40B20 trilayer hybrid structure as a function of temperature from 10 to 50 K with magnetic field vertical bar H vertical bar <= 2000 Oe has been studied. TMR ratio of 1.6% at low fields at 10 K was achieved with the applied current of 1 mu A. The behavior of junction resistance was well explained by the tunneling resistance across the barrier. Strong bias dependences of magnetoresistance and junction resistance were presented. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3068418]

Growth Parameter Dependence of Structural Characterizations of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (Ga, Cr)As

We report the influence of growth parameters and post-growth annealing on the structural characterizations and magnetic properties of (Ga, Cr)As films. The crystalline quality and magnetic properties are sensitive to the growth conditions. The single-phase (Ga, Cr)As film with the Curie temperature of 10 K is synthesized at growth temperature T-s = 250 degrees C and with nominal Cr content x = 0.016. However, for the films with x > 0.02, the aggregation of Cr atoms is strongly enhanced as both T. and x increase, which not only brings strong compressive strain in the epilayer, but also roughens the surface. The origin of room-temperature ferromagnetism in (Ga, Cr)As films with nanoclusters is also discussed.

含二茂铁聚苯胺德合成及电－磁性能研究

本论文将二茂铁基团引入聚苯胺链，合成导电或导磁聚苯胺。取得的主要结果如下： 1、合成了抗磁性的二茂铁单磺酸并用于掺杂聚苯胺，掺杂态聚苯胺的电导率可达2.34´10-1 S/cm，二茂铁单磺酸氧化后掺杂聚苯胺的电子顺磁共振(EPR)上出现了g» 4的新信号。二茂铁单磺酸被FeCl3氧化后，随氧化程度的增加，室温电导率下降1-2个数量级，但材料的磁化率增加，表现出宏观反铁磁性。用I2氧化二茂铁单磺酸掺杂的聚苯胺，其电导率为4.50´10-2 S/cm，在低温下具有铁磁性耦合，外斯温度为15 K。 2、合成了两种草酸根桥联的双金属阴离子与导电聚苯胺的杂化材料。杂化材料同时具有反铁磁性和导电性，外斯温度分别为-19.16 K和-22.10 K，电导率分别为4.8×10-3S/cm和1.2×10-5S/cm。 3、合成了聚邻、间位二茂铁苯胺。可溶的聚邻二茂铁苯胺显示铁磁性，外斯温度为25 K，饱和磁强度为6.89 emu/g。与碘或四氰基对苯醌二甲烷（TCNQ）反应所得配合物的外斯温度分别提高到50 K和104 K，饱和磁强度分别为6.51 emu/g 和4.36 emu/g，在低温下观察到了反铁磁性耦合。难溶的聚间二茂铁苯胺显示宏观抗磁性。 关键词：二茂铁单磺酸，导电导磁性聚苯胺，聚邻二茂铁苯胺，铁磁性耦合

模式识别研究含氮环状化合物的结构与改变性相关

本文设计了一个计算机模式识别系统，并对含氮环状化合的结构与改变性相关进行了研究。目的在于用模式识别寻找规律，予测未知。从含氮环状化合物中，我们选出了有代表性的88个化合物作为研究对象。其中56个有致变性，另外32个无致变性。在结构信息的输入及转化的基础上，我们提取了零阶项到四阶项的分子联接性指数9个特征及10个分子拓扑特征。经特征的选择和予处理之后，我们用K－最近邻法、逐步判别和线性判别三种分类法对这些化合物进行分类。以数据集的四分之三作为训练集，另四分之一作予测集，识别能力可达90％以上，予测率也达80％以上。研究结果不仅得到了从一定角度反映含氮环状化合物的结构与致变性相关的模型，理想的分类、予测也表明模式识别技术在此领域研究的切实可行，也为其它领域的研究提供了可借鉴的研究方法。本系统由10个独立程序模块构成，所有程序用FORTRAN语言写成，在POP－11－24机上调试运行。

HYDROGEN-RELATED DONOR IN SILICON-CRYSTALS GROWN IN A HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE

Neutron transmutation doped (NTD) silicon crystals grown in a hydrogen atmosphere have been investigated by infrared absorption spectroscopy at a low temperature (10 K). An effective-mass-like donor state HD0/+ has been found at 110.8 me V below the conduction band bottom after rapid thermal annealing (RTA). The HD0/+ formation mechanism after NTD and RTA is briefly discussed, and tentatively attributed to H atoms present in the vicinity of some residual irradiation defects, like a complex of a H atom and a H-saturated vacancy.

Study of GSMBE growth and characteristics of high-quality strained In0.63Ga0.37As/InP quantum wells

High-quality compressively strained In0.63Ga0.37As/InP quantum wells with different well widths (1-11 nm) have been grown coherently on InP substrates using a home-made gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GSMBE) system. The indium composition in the wells of the sample was determined by means of high-resolution X-ray diffraction and its computer simulation. it is found that the exciton transition energies determined by photoluminescence (PL) at 10 K are in good agreement with those calculated using a deformation potential model. Sharp and intense peaks for each well can be well resolved in the 10 K PL spectra. For wells narrower than 4 nm, the line width of the PL peaks are smaller than the theoretical values of the line-width broadening due to 1 hit interface fluctuation, showing that the interface fluctuation of our sample is within 1 ML. For wells of 7 and 9 nm, the PL peak widths are as low as 4.5 meV.

隔离电阻对集成光源特性的影响分析

提出了一种分布反馈(DFB)激光器与电吸收(EA)调制器集成光源(EML)的等效电路模型.该模型考虑了由于隔离电阻不够大而导致的激光器与调制器之间的电耦合,通过对电路模型进行仿真可以看出,对于不同隔离电阻的EML,激光器的阈值电流、调制器的频率响应带宽、集成器件的小信号调制和脉冲调制等多方面特性均有明显不同.分析得到,EML的隔离电阻阻值只有达到10 kΩ量级,才能够忽略电泄漏对器件特性的影响.并指出EML在更高的偏置下,将对隔离电阻提出更高的要求.