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Temperature-dependent fine structure splitting in InGaN quantum dots

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Peer-reviewed

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Authors

Wang, T 
Puchtler, TJ 
Kocher, CC 

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of temperature-dependent fine structure splitting in semiconductor quantum dots using a non-polar (11-20) a-plane InGaN system, up to the on-chip Peltier cooling threshold of 200 K. At 5 K, a statistical average splitting of 443 ± 132 eV has been found based on 81 quantum dots. The degree of fine structure splitting stays relatively constant for temperatures less than 100 K, and only increases above that temperature. At 200 K, we find that the fine structure splitting ranges between 2 ~ 12 meV, which is an order of magnitude higher than that at low temperatures. Our investigations also show that phonon interactions at high temperatures might have a correlation with the degree of exchange interactions. The large fine structure splitting at 200 K makes it easier to isolate the individual components of the polarized emission spectrally, increasing the effective degree of polarization for potential on-chip applications of polarized single photon sources.

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Keywords

quantum dots, polarization, exchange interactions, quantum acoustics, semiconductor device fabrication

Journal Title

Applied Physics Letters

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Journal ISSN

0003-6951
1077-3118

Volume Title

111

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AIP
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M011682/1)
Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) (LSRF1415\11\41)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H047816/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M010589/1)
This research was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) U.K. (Grant No. EP/M012379/1 and EP/M011682/1) T.W. is grateful for the award of a National Science Scholarship (NSS) as PhD funding by the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). C.C.K. is grateful for the support provided by a Clarendon Scholarship and a Mary Frances and Philip Wagley Graduate Scholarship. R.A.O. is grateful to the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Leverhulme Trust for a Senior Research Fellowship.
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