Deng, Z;
Chen, B;
Chen, X;
Shao, J;
Gong, Q;
Liu, H;
Wu, J;
(2018)
Optical properties of beryllium-doped GaSb epilayers grown on GaAs substrate.
Infrared Physics & Technology
, 90
pp. 115-121.
10.1016/j.infrared.2018.03.004.
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Abstract
In this work, the effects of p-type beryllium (Be) doping on the optical properties of GaSb epilayers grown on GaAs substrate by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) have been studied. Temperature- and excitation power-dependent photoluminescence (PL) measurements were performed on both nominally undoped and intentionally Be-doped GaSb layers. Clear PL emissions are observable even at the temperature of 270 K from both layers, indicating the high material quality. In the Be-doped GaSb layer, the transition energies of main PL features exhibit red-shift up to ∼7 meV, and the peak widths characterized by Full-Width-at-Half-Maximum (FWHM) also decrease. In addition, analysis on the PL integrated intensity in the Be-doped sample reveals a gain of emission signal, as well as a larger carrier thermal activation energy. These distinctive PL behaviors identified in the Be-doped GaSb layer suggest that the residual compressive strain is effectively relaxed in the epilayer, due possibly to the reduction of dislocation density in the GaSb layer with the intentional incorporation of Be dopants. Our results confirm the role of Be as a promising dopant in the improvement of crystalline quality in GaSb, which is a crucial factor for growth and fabrication of high quality strain-free GaSb-based devices on foreign substrates.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Optical properties of beryllium-doped GaSb epilayers grown on GaAs substrate |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.infrared.2018.03.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infrared.2018.03.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Instruments & Instrumentation, Optics, Physics, Applied, Physics, Gallium antimonite, Beryllium doping, Photoluminescence, Threading dislocation, Strain, MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY, PHOTOLUMINESCENCE, INAS, SPECTROSCOPY, LAYERS, MOVPE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10058955 |
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