Recombination dynamics in InGaN/GaN nanowire heterostructures on Si(111)

Nanotechnology. 2013 Feb 1;24(4):045702. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/4/045702. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

Abstract

We have performed room-temperature time-resolved photoluminescence measurements on samples that comprise InGaN insertions embedded in GaN nanowires. The decay curves reveal non-exponential recombination dynamics that evolve into a power law at long times. We find that the characteristic power-law exponent increases with emission photon energy. The data are analyzed in terms of a model that involves an interplay between a radiative state and a metastable charge-separated state. The agreement between our results and the model points towards an emission dominated by carriers localized on In-rich nanoclusters that form spontaneously inside the InGaN insertions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Gallium / chemistry*
  • Indium / chemistry*
  • Macromolecular Substances / chemistry
  • Materials Testing
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanotubes / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes / ultrastructure*
  • Particle Size
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Indium
  • gallium nitride
  • Gallium
  • indium nitride
  • Silicon