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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 636, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157876
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Surface quantum dots; Carrier injection; Photoluminescence; Hybrid nanostructures; quantum coupling
This study investigates carrier injection hybrid structures, where carriers are injected from an adjacent quantum well into a layer of surface quantum dots. The hybrid structures show enhanced photoluminescence intensity compared to reference surface quantum dots. The best carrier injection efficiency is achieved with a 2.5 nm spacer, demonstrating strong coupling between the quantum well and the surface quantum dots. However, the carrier injection is less efficient than expected due to resonant carrier tunneling and significant carrier loss through nonradiative recombination.
This work exploits carrier injection hybrid structures in which carriers are injected into a layer of In0.4Ga0.6As surface quantum dots (SQDs) from an adjacent In0.15Ga0.85As quantum well (QW) as a function of spacer thickness from 10 nm down to 2.5 nm. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements verify that all such hybrid structures indeed have carriers collected into the QW and subsequently obtain an enhancement for PL intensity over that of the reference SQDs. The hybrid structure with the 2.5 nm spacer obtains the best carrier injection efficiency, due to the strongest coupling between the QW and the SQDs, while a thicker spacer results in less carrier injection from decreased quantum tunneling. However, the carrier injection is less efficient than expected. This is due to the fact that the QW confined energy states line up with the broad wetting layer (WL) energy states of SQDs of our test samples, leading to resonant carrier tunneling from the QW to the WL. Thus, there is significant carrier loss through tunneling into the WL of SQDs and then to surface states via nonradiative recombination. This characteristic must be considered in the design of surface sensitive detection devices using SQD injection structures.
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