YE Zhi-cheng, SHU Yong-chun, CAO Xue, GONG Liang, YAO Jiang-hong, PI Biao, XING Xiao-dong, XU Jing-jun. Strain Effect on Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from In<sub><em>x</em></sub>Ga<sub>1-<em>x</em></sub>As/GaAs Quantum Wells[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(2): 164-168
YE Zhi-cheng, SHU Yong-chun, CAO Xue, GONG Liang, YAO Jiang-hong, PI Biao, XING Xiao-dong, XU Jing-jun. Strain Effect on Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from In<sub><em>x</em></sub>Ga<sub>1-<em>x</em></sub>As/GaAs Quantum Wells[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(2): 164-168DOI:
Strain Effect on Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from InxGa1-xAs/GaAs Quantum Wells
The variable-temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra of In
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Ga
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As/GaAs strained and strain-compensation quantum wells (QWs) were experimentally determined in the temperature range of 77~300 K. The PL peak positions shift to lower energies with the increasing temperature. Strain which is induced by lattice mismatch between epitaxial layer and substrate removes the degeneracy between the light-hole and heavy-hole states at the top of the valence band. A theoretical calculation was presented that takes into account the temperature-induced variations in band gap and biaxial strain to explain the PL spectra.Based on the Varshni relationship
the change of the band gap energy caused by the strain was introduced. It is the function of the temperature and the alloy composition. The calculated results are agree with the experimental data. The full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of PL spectra of In
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Ga
0.818
As/GaAs strained three quantum wells is larger than that of strain-compensation one
and increases more quickly
which is caused by exciton-LO phonon coupling. At last
strain effect on the PL spectra was confirmed through the FWHM curve at various temperature.
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