Controlled synthesis of AlN/GaN multiple quantum well nanowire structures and their optical properties

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3344-3350

  Qian, Fang ^a   Brewster, Megan ^b   Lim, Sung K ^b   Ling, Yichuan ^c   Greene, Christopher ^c   Laboutin, Oleg ^d   Johnson, Jerry W ^d   Gradečak, Silvija ^b   Cao, Yu ^d   Li, Yat ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KOPIN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AlN; Cathodoluminscence; GaN; Multiple Quantum Wells; Nanowire Heterostructures; Photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ALN; ALN/GAN; BLUE-SHIFTED; CATHODOLUMINSCENCE; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; GAN; GAN NANOWIRES; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; MULTIQUANTUM WELLS; NANOWIRE HETEROSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; NEAR BAND EDGE EMISSIONS; STRAIN EFFECT; SUBBANDS; ULTRAVIOLET LUMINESCENCE; YELLOW LUMINESCENCE;

GALLIUM NITRIDE; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM NITRIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GALLIUM; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84862278299     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl301690e     Document Type: Article

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