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Quantized states in Ga1xInxN/GaN heterostructures and the model of polarized homogeneous quantum wells

C. Wetzel, T. Takeuchi, H. Amano, and I. Akasaki
Phys. Rev. B 62, R13302(R) – Published 15 November 2000
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Abstract

Centers of spontaneous and stimulated light emission in Ga1xInxN/GaN active layers as analyzed in luminescence and photoreflection spectroscopy are modeled under the assumption of polarized laterally homogenous quantum wells. In perturbation to the band structure of wurtzite GaN including experimental polarization fields and band-gap bowing the spectrum of interband transitions is calculated for 0<x<0.2. We predict the first transition between quantized electron and hole states to lie close to a maximum in photoreflection and close to the energy of stimulated emission. The level of the main luminescence under low excitation cannot be described in this single-particle picture. These results allow a quantitative treatment of that level, e.g. in models of lower dimensionality.

  • Received 11 May 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R13302

©2000 American Physical Society

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C. Wetzel*

  • High Tech Research Center, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan

T. Takeuchi, H. Amano, and I. Akasaki

  • High Tech Research Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogamaguchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan

  • *Electronic address: Wetzel@ieee.org
  • Present address: Agilent Laboratories, 3500 Deer Creek Road 26M-10, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1392.

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Vol. 62, Iss. 20 — 15 November 2000

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