掺Si对AlGaInP/GaInP多量子阱发光性能的影响

研究了Si掺杂对MOCVD生长的(Al0.3Ga0.7)In0.5P/Ga0.5In0.5P多量子阱发光性能的影响.样品分为两类:一类只生长了(Al0.3Ga0.7)In0.5P/Ga0.5In0.5P多量子阱结构;另一类为完整的多量子阱LED结构.对于只生长了(Al0.3Ga0.7)In0.5P/Ga0.5In0.5P多量子阱结构的样品,掺Si没有改变量子阱发光波长,但使得量子阱发光强度略有下降,发光峰半高宽明显增大.这应是掺Si使量子阱界面质量变差导致的.而在完整LED结构的情况下,掺Si却大大提高了量子阱的发光强度.相对于未掺杂多量子阱LED结构,垒层掺Si使多量子阱的发光强度提高了13倍,阱层和垒层均掺Si使多量子阱的发光强度提高了28倍,并对这一现象进行了讨论.     

掺Si对AlGaInP/GaInP多量子阱发光性能的影响

研究了Si掺杂对MOCVD生长的（Al0.3Ga0.7）In0.5P/Ga0.5In0.5P多量子阱发光性能的影响．样品分为两类：一类只生长了（Al0.3Ga0.7）In0.5P/Ga0.5In0.5P多量子阱结构;另一类为完整的多量子阱LED结构．对于只生长了（Al0.3Ga0.7）In0.5P/Ga0.5In0.5P多量子阱结构的样品,掺Si没有改变量子阱发光波长,但使得量子阱发光强度略有下降,发光峰半高宽明显增大．这应是掺Si使量子阱界面质量变差导致的．而在完整LED结构的情况下,掺Si却大大提高了量子阱的发光强度．相对于未掺杂多量子阱LED结构,垒层掺Si使多量子阱的发光强度提高了13倍,阱层和垒层均掺Si使多量子阱的发光强度提高了28倍,并对这一现象进行了讨论．     

纳米多孔氧化硅的制备及荧光光谱研究

为了制作性能良好的光电子集成、光波导等器件,研究纳米多孔氧化硅膜的制备和表征具有重要意义。采用高温氧化多孔硅的方法制备了纳米多孔氧化硅,进行了两种样品的荧光光谱和傅里叶变换红外吸收谱对比检测。相比于多孔硅,多孔氧化硅的发光峰值向短波方向"蓝移"并且发光强度明显降低。多孔硅表面基本是由氢饱和的,而经氧化后的多孔氧化硅表面的Si—H键大部分被Si—O键所代替。结果表明,量子限制效应是样品的荧光光谱"蓝移"的原因,而发光强度的降低则归因于样品表面辐射复合中心的减少和内部纳米硅柱(硅晶粒)尺寸的减小。     

AlAs氧化层的Raman研究

利用 Nomarski光学显微镜和 Raman光谱仪对分子束外延生长的 Al As层热氧化进行了系统的研究。对未氧化 ,氧化及氧化加原位退火的样品分析表明 ,目前氧化热稳定性差的主要因素是随氧化进行而产生的可挥发性产物如 As、As2 O3在氧化层中的残留量。在此分析的基础上 ,优化了氧化条件 ,使 Al As氧化的热稳定性有了质的提高 ,可以经受较高温度的退火 ,并消除了氧化层与两边 Ga As层之间的崩裂现象     

在SiO2中掺Al对Au/纳米(SiO2/Si/SiO2)/p-Si 结构电致发光的影响

利用射频磁控溅射方法,制成纳米SiO2层厚度一定而纳米Si层厚度不同的纳米(SiO2/Si/SiO2)/p-Si结构和纳米(SiO2∶Al/Si/SiO2∶Al)/p-Si结构,用磁控溅射制备纳米SiO2∶Al时所用的SiO2/Al复合靶中的Al的面积百分比为1%．上述两种结构中Si层厚度均为1—3nm,间隔为0.2nm．为了对比研究,还制备了Si层厚度为零的样品．这两种结构在900℃氮气下退火30min,正面蒸半透明Au膜,背面蒸Al作欧姆接触后,都在正向偏置下观察到电致发光（EL）．在一定的正向偏置下,EL强度和峰位以及电流都随Si层厚度的增加而同步振荡,位相相同．但掺Al结构的发光强度普遍比不掺Al结构强．另外,这两种结构的EL具体振荡特性有明显不同．对这两种结构的电致发光的物理机制和SiO2中掺Al的作用进行了分析和讨论．     

一种新材料结构的RTD器件的设计及实现

设计了一种带有Al0.22Ga0.78As/In0.15Ga0.85As/GaAs发射极空间层和GaAs/In0.15Ga0.85As/GaAs量子阱的共振隧穿二极管(RTD)材料结构,并且成功地制作了相应的RTD器件.在室温下,测试了RTD器件的直流特性,计算了RTD器件的峰谷电流比和可资电流密度.在分析器件特性的基础上,指出调整材料结构和优化工艺参数将进一步提高RTD器件的性能.     

Al0.98Ga0.02As的湿法氧化规律

为实现精确控制VCSELs器件中氧化孔的大小,对Al0.98Ga0.02As的湿法氧化规律进行了分析研究.首先运用一维Deal-Grove模型分析了Al0.98Ga0.02As条形台面湿法氧化的一般规律,并在此基础上进一步分析推导,加以适当的简化,提出了适用于二维圆形台面的简单氧化模型,用此模型模拟得到的结果与实验数据十分吻合.同时,实验中观察到氧化孔径很小时氧化速率突增的现象.运用这些规律,将氧化长度的精度控制在0.5μm内,基本实现了氧化工艺的可控性及可重复性.     

高面指数GaAs衬底上自组织生长应变I n0.15Ga0.85As/GaAs量子线阵列

利用分子束外延(MBE)技术在高面指数(553)B GaA s衬底上自组织生长了应变Ga0.85In0.15As/GaAs量子线阵列结构.通过原子力显微镜(AFM)对Ga0.85In0.15A s外延层的表面形貌进行了观测.测试结果表明量子线的密度高达4×105/cm.研究了量子线阵列样品的低温偏振光致发光谱(PPL),发现其发光峰半高宽(FWHM)最小为9.2 MeV,最大偏振度p[ (I -I )/(I +I)]可达0.22,这些测试结果表明制备出了高密度、高均匀性及特性良好的一维量子线阵列结构.     

新型湿法氧化对多孔硅发光强度的影响

在适当条件下氧化多孔硅是提高多孔硅发光强度的良好途径。首次采用含CH3CSNH2的HF酸水溶液作为氧化剂对初始多孔硅进行了湿法阳极氧化,大大改善了多孔硅的发光强度,并研究了氧化电流密度、氧化温度、氧化时间等一系列因素对氧化多孔硅光致发光强度的影响。实验发现,在电流密度1mA/cm^2,氧化液温度60℃,氧化时间为10min的条件下,可以获得最强光致发光;在此最优条件下得到的氧化样品较初始样品发光增强了18倍。     

AlAs/AlGaAs的湿氧氧化及其在VCSEL制备中的应用

根据制备垂直腔面发射激光器 (VCSEL)电流限制层的需要 ,通过实验方法研究了氧化温度、Al组分和晶向等条件对AlGaAs氧化速率的影响 ,得到适用于VCSEL的材料参数和氧化条件 ;对氧化后表面分层、欧姆接触特性变差等现象进行分析 ,得到解决或改善方案。比较AlAs和Al0 .98Ga0 .0 2 As氧化特性及氧化后的热稳定性 ,结果表明Al0 .98Ga0 .0 2 As较AlAs更适于作VCSEL电流限制层。将优化的氧化条件及材料参数应用于VCSEL制备 ,得到室温连续工作的VCSEL器件 ,其阈值电流为 0 .8mA ,激射波长为 980nm ,工作电流为 15mA时输出功率可达 3.2mW。     

Type I and Type II Alignment of the Light Hole Band in In0.15Ga0.85As/GaAs and in ln0.15Ga0.85As/Al0.15Ga0.85As Strained Quantum Wells

We present results of photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence measurements of strained undoped In_0.15Ga_0.85As/GaAs and In_0.15Ga_0.85As/Al_0.15Ga_0.85As quantum well structures, designed to throw light on the current controversy over light-hole band alignment at low In content. We compare these data with theoretical calculations of the confined state energies within the eight band effective mass approximation. Our analysis shows that for In_0.15Ga_0.85As/GaAs, the observed two transitions are consistent with either type I or type II alignment of the light hole band for band offset ratios within the accepted range. In the case of In_0.15Ga_0.85As/Al_0.15Ga_0.85As, however, our results clearly indicate type II alignment for the light hole band. We derive the band offset ratio Q, defined here as Q = δE_c/δE_g where δE_c is the conduction band offset and δE_g is the bandgap difference between the quantum well and the barrier in the presence of strain, for the In_0.15Ga_0.85As/Al_0.15Ga_0.85As system to be Q = 0.83 and discuss it in the context of the common anion rule.     

Electrical and growth characteristics of Au/Al0.15Ga0.85N:Si structures with various Si incorporations

We have investigated the growth characteristics of n-Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si/GaN and the electronic properties of Au/n-Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si diode structures grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) with various Si incorporations. The Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si layers were grown on undoped GaN/sapphire (0001) epitaxial layers in a horizontal MOCVD reactor at the reduced pressure of 300 torr. The mirrorlike surface, free of defects, such as cracks or hillocks, can be seen in the undoped Al_0.15Ga_0.85N epilayer, which was grown without any intentional flow of SiH₄. However, many cracks are observed in the n-Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si, which was grown with Si incorporation above 1.0 nmol/min. While Au/n-Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si diodes having low incorporation of Si showed retively good rectifying behavior, the samples having high Si incorporation exhibited leaky current-voltage (I-V) behavior. Particularly, the Au/n-Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si structure grown with Si incorporation above 1.0 nmol/min cannot be used for electrical rectification. Both added tunneling components and thermionic emission influence the current transport at the Au/n-Al_0.15Ga_0.85N:Si barrier when Si incorporation becomes higher.     

Time-resolved photoluminescence study of InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells on (111)B GaAs substrates

The exciton dynamics in In_0.15Ga_0.85As/GaAs quantum wells grown on (111)B and (100) GaAs substrates are studied by the time-resolved photoluminescence (PL). We have found that the piezoelectric fields in (111)B samples affect the transient behavior of PL spectra. Compared with the reference (100) samples, we have confirmed that the piezoelectric effect induces slower exciton relaxation in (111)B strained quantum wells.     

Hall and photoluminescence studies of effects of the thickness of an additional In0.3Ga0.7As layer in the center of In0.15Ga0.85As/Al0.25Ga0.75As/GaAs high electron mobility transistors

In order to reduce the noise and carrier–donor scattering and thereby increase the carrier mobility of the pseudomorphic AlGaAs/InGaAs high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs), we have grown Al_0.25Ga_0.75As/In_0.15Ga_0.85As/In_0.3Ga_0.7As/GaAs pHEMTs with varied In_0.3Ga_0.7As thickness, and studied the effects of the In_0.3Ga_0.7As thickness on the electron mobility and sheet density by Hall measurements and photoluminescence measurements. We calculated the electron and hole subbands and obtained good agreement between calculated and measured PL energies. It was found that the additional In_0.3Ga_0.7As layer could be used to reduce the carrier–donor scattering, but due to the increased interface roughness as the In_0.3Ga_0.7As layer becomes thicker, the interface scattering reduced the electron mobility. An optimal thickness of the In_0.3Ga_0.7As was found to be 2 nm.     

Drift velocity of electrons in quantum wells in high electric fields

It is experimentally found that the maximum drift velocity of electrons in quantum wells of differently arranged AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures and pseudoamorphous Al_0.36Ga_0.64As/In_0.15Ga_0.85 As heterostructures is higher than the maximum drift velocity of electrons in bulk materials. It is established that no negative differential conductivity is exhibited by the field dependence of the drift velocity of two-dimensional electrons in GaAs and In_0.15Ga_0.85As. The drift velocity in the GaAs quantum well is saturated in fields several times higher than the field corresponding to the Γ-L intervalley transitions of electrons in bulk GaAs.     

Effects of growth interruption on the optical properties of AIGaAs/GaAs and GaAs/InGaAs quantum wells grown by atmospheric pressure organometallic chemical vapor deposition

In this study, the effects of growth interruptions on Al_0.17Ga_0.83As/GaAs and GaAs/ In_xGa_1-xAs quantum wells (QWs) grown by organometallic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD) were assessed using low-temperature photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopies. Growth interruption times were varied between 60, 10, and 0 sec. For both material systems, as the interruption time was reduced, the ground-state QW transition energies increased, while the linewidths of the peaks decreased. For the Al_0.17Ga_0.83As/GaAs structures, 5 K PL data suggests that the incorporation of impurities is enhanced by longer growth interruption times. In addition, as the interruption time was reduced, the energy separation between the 5 K PL and PLE peaks (Stokes shift) decreased, and was as low as 2.6 meV for no interruption. For GaAs/In_0.11Ga_0.89As samples, 2 K PL data indicated that the incorporation of donor species was not a function of the growth interruption time.     

Transferring of GaAs microtips using selective wet etching Al0.7Ga0.3As sacrificial layer

GaAs pyramidal microtips were successfully transferred from GaAs substrate to target wafer by a simple technique, i.e., selective wet etching off AlGaAs sacrificial layer. A GaAs/Al_0.7Ga_0.3As/GaAs sandwich structure is firstly formed on GaAs (0 0 1) substrate by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, and then GaAs pyramidal microtips are grown on the sandwich structure using selective liquid-phase epitaxy. The GaAs microtips are removed from the sandwich structure by selective wet etching Al_0.7Ga_0.3As layer using concentrated HCl solution. Finally, the tips are glued onto the target wafer by a negative photoresist. During this transfer process the tips are completely encapsulated in a positive photoresist to protect against attack. Scanning electron microscopy images show that GaAs tips can be successfully transferred without any damage by this technique. The achievement reported here represents a significant step towards the application of scanning near-field optical microscopy.     

Effect of surface encapsulation and As4 overpressure on Si diffusion and impurity-induced layer disordering in GaAs,AlxGa1-xAs,and AlxGa1-xAs-GaAs quantum well heterostructures

Data are presented demonstrating that the surface encapsulant and the As₄ overpressure strongly affect Si diffusion in GaAs and Al_xGa_1-xAs, and thus are important parameters in impurity-induced layer disordering. Increasing As₄ overpressure results in anincrease in diffusion depth in the case of GaAs, and adecrease in diffusion depth for Al_xGa_1-xAs. In addition, the band-edge exciton is observed in absorption on an Al_xGa_1-xAs-GaAs superlattice that is diffused with Si and is converted to bulk crystal Al_yGa_1-yAs via impurity-induced layer disordering. In contrast, the exciton is not observed in absorption on GaAs diffused with Si in spite of the high degree of compensation. These data indicate that the Si diffusion process, and the properties of the diffused material, are different for GaAs and for Al_xGa_1-xAs-GaAs superlattices converted into uniform Al_yGa_1-yAs (0 ≤y ≤x ≤ 1) via impurity-induced layer disordering with the amphoteric dopant Si.     

Optical and transport properties of δ-doped pseudomorphic AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs structures

We investigate the effects of spacer layer thickness on the optical and transport properties of the n-typeδ-doped pseudomorphic Al_0.30Ga_0.70As/In_0.15Ga_0.85As / GaAs structures. Aδ-doped AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs structure with a 6nm spacer layer yields a sheet carrier concentration of 1.5×10¹² cm^?2 at 77K with electron mobility of 6.4×10³ cm²/Vs, 3.11×10⁴ cm²/Vs, and 3.45×10⁴ cm²/Vs at room temperature, 77 and 20K, respectively. The effects of the different scattering mechanisms on luminescence linewidth and electron mobility have also been discussed.     

Diffusion of zinc into gaas through Al0.3Ga00.7As

The diffusion of zinc into GaAs, Al_0.3Ga_0.7As and Al_0.3Ga_0.7As/GaAs single heterostructures have been studied. The depth of the diffusion front is found to be proportional to the square root of the diffusion time, [t]^1/2, and for single heterostructures the Al_0.3Ga_0.7As layer thickness,d ₁ modifies this relationship through decreasing the junction depth byd ₁ multiplied by a constant. It is shown that this relationship can be used for predicting diffusion fronts in double heterostructures.