Combined SEM-CL and STEM investigation of green InGaN quantum wells


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Authors
Jarman, J 
Kappers, MJ 
Oliver, RA 
Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title> jats:pThe microstructure of green-emitting InGaN/GaN quantum well (QW) samples grown at different temperatures was studied using cross-section scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and plan-view cathodoluminescence (CL). The sample with the lowest InGaN growth temperature exhibits microscale variations in the CL intensity across the sample surface. Using STEM analysis of such areas, the observed darker patches do not correspond to any observable extended defect. Instead, they are related to changes in the extent of gross-well width fluctuations in the QWs, with more brightly emitting regions exhibiting a high density of such fluctuations, whilst dimmer regions were seen to have InGaN QWs with a more uniform thickness.</jats:p>

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Keywords
gallium nitride, green LEDs, quantum well, TEM, cathodoluminescence, AFM
Journal Title
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
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Journal ISSN
0022-3727
1361-6463
Volume Title
54
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M010589/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R01146X/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R025193/1)