Optical Study of Sub-10 nm In0.3Ga0.7N Quantum Nanodisks in GaN Nanopillars

Akio Higo; Takayuki Kiba; Shula Chen; Yafeng Chen; Tomoyuki Tanikawa; Cedric Thomas; Chang Yong Lee; Yi Chun Lai; Takuya Ozaki; Junichi Takayama; Ichiro Yamashita; Akihiro Murayama; Seiji Samukawa

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00460

Optical Study of Sub-10 nm In_0.3Ga_0.7N Quantum Nanodisks in GaN Nanopillars

Akio Higo, Takayuki Kiba, Shula Chen, Yafeng Chen, Tomoyuki Tanikawa, Cedric Thomas, Chang Yong Lee, Yi Chun Lai, Takuya Ozaki, Junichi Takayama, Ichiro Yamashita, Akihiro Murayama, Seiji Samukawa

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Abstract

We have demonstrated the fabrication of homogeneously distributed In_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN quantum nanodisks (QNDs) with a high density and average diameter of 10 nm or less in 30-nm-high nanopillars. The scalable top-down nanofabrication process used biotemplates that were spin-coated on an In_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN single quantum well (SQW) followed by low-damage dry etching on ferritins with 7 nm diameter iron cores. The photoluminescence measurements at 70 K showed a blue shift of quantum energy of 420 meV from the In_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN SQW to the QND. The internal quantum efficiency of the In_0.3Ga_0.7N/GaN QND was 100 times that of the SQW. A significant reduction in the quantum-confined Stark effect in the QND structure was observed, which concurred with the numerical simulation using a 3D Schrödinger equation. These results pave the way for the fabrication of large-scale III-N quantum devices using nanoprocessing, which is vital for optoelectronic communication devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1851-1857
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Photonics
Volume	4
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00460
Publication status	Published - 2017 Jul 19

Keywords

III-N compound semiconductor
photoluminescence
quantum nanodisk

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Biotechnology
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Optical Study of Sub-10 nm In_0.3Ga_0.7N Quantum Nanodisks in GaN Nanopillars. / Higo, Akio; Kiba, Takayuki; Chen, Shula; Chen, Yafeng; Tanikawa, Tomoyuki; Thomas, Cedric; Lee, Chang Yong; Lai, Yi Chun; Ozaki, Takuya; Takayama, Junichi; Yamashita, Ichiro; Murayama, Akihiro; Samukawa, Seiji.

In: ACS Photonics, Vol. 4, No. 7, 19.07.2017, p. 1851-1857.

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