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TY - JOUR
T1 - Hybrid type-I InAs/GaAs and type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum dot structure with enhanced photoluminescence
AU - Ji, Hai-ming
AU - Liang, Baolai
AU - Simmonds, Paul J.
AU - Juang, Bor-chau
AU - Yang, Tao
AU - Young, Robert J.
AU - Huffaker, Diana L.
N1 - Copyright 2015 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters, 106 (10), 2015 and may be found at http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/106/10/10.1063/1.4914895
PY - 2015/3/9
Y1 - 2015/3/9
N2 - We investigate the photoluminescence (PL) properties of a hybrid type-I InAs/GaAs and type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum dot (QD) structure grown in a GaAs matrix by molecular beam epitaxy. This hybrid QD structure exhibits more intense PL with a broader spectral range, compared with control samples that contain only InAs or GaSb QDs. This enhanced PL performance is attributed to additional electron and hole injection from the type-I InAs QDs into the adjacent type-II GaSb QDs. We confirm this mechanism using time-resolved and power-dependent PL. These hybrid QD structures show potential for high efficiency QD solar cell applications.
AB - We investigate the photoluminescence (PL) properties of a hybrid type-I InAs/GaAs and type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum dot (QD) structure grown in a GaAs matrix by molecular beam epitaxy. This hybrid QD structure exhibits more intense PL with a broader spectral range, compared with control samples that contain only InAs or GaSb QDs. This enhanced PL performance is attributed to additional electron and hole injection from the type-I InAs QDs into the adjacent type-II GaSb QDs. We confirm this mechanism using time-resolved and power-dependent PL. These hybrid QD structures show potential for high efficiency QD solar cell applications.
U2 - 10.1063/1.4914895
DO - 10.1063/1.4914895
M3 - Journal article
VL - 106
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
SN - 0003-6951
IS - 10
M1 - 103104
ER -