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Photoreflectance study of N- and Sb-related modifications of the energy gap and spin-orbit splitting in InNAsSb alloys

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Article number011904
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2011
<mark>Journal</mark>Applied Physics Letters
Issue number1
Volume99
Number of pages3
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Photoreflectance spectroscopy has been used to study the energy gap and spin-orbit splitting in InNAsSb alloys containing different amounts of nitrogen and antimony. It has been observed that nitrogen mainly affects the conduction band, without having any influence on the spin-orbit splitting, whereas antimony significantly modifies the spin-orbit splitting. The N- and Sb-related modifications to the band structure lead to alloys which have a spin orbit splitting larger than the energy gap. Consequently, InNAsSb alloys are very promising for use in optoelectronic devices since they offer a route towards the reduction of non-radiative Auger recombination.