Download or read book Physics and Applications of Dilute Nitrides written by I. Buyanova and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since their development in the 1990s, it has been discovered that diluted nitrides have intriguing properties that are not only distinct from those of conventional semiconductor materials, but also are conducive to various applications in optoelectronics and photonics. The book examines these applications and presents a broad and in-depth look at t
Download or read book Dilute III V Nitride Semiconductors and Material Systems written by Ayse Erol and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-12 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the current status of research and development in dilute III-V nitrides. It covers major developments in this new class of materials within 24 chapters from prominent research groups. The book integrates materials science and applications in optics and electronics in a unique way. It is valuable both as a reference work for researchers and as a study text for graduate students.
Download or read book Dilute Nitride Semiconductors written by Mohamed Henini and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains full account of the advances made in the dilute nitrides, providing an excellent starting point for workers entering the field. It gives the reader easier access and better evaluation of future trends, Conveying important results and current ideas. Includes a generous list of references at the end of each chapter, providing a useful reference to the III-V-N based semiconductors research community. The high speed lasers operating at wavelength of 1.3 μm and 1.55 μm are very important light sources in optical communications since the optical fiber used as a transport media of light has dispersion and attenuation minima, respectively, at these wavelengths. These long wavelengths are exclusively made of InP-based material InGaAsP/InP. However, there are several problems with this material system. Therefore, there has been considerable effort for many years to fabricate long wavelength laser structures on other substrates, especially GaAs. The manufacturing costs of GaAs-based components are lower and the processing techniques are well developed. In 1996 a novel quaternary material GaInAsN was proposed which could avoid several problems with the existing technology of long wavelength lasers. In this book, several leaders in the field of dilute nitrides will cover the growth and processing, experimental characterization, theoretical understanding, and device design and fabrication of this recently developed class of semiconductor alloys. They will review their current status of research and development. Dilute Nitrides (III-N-V) Semiconductors: Physics and Technology organises the most current available data, providing a ready source of information on a wide range of topics, making this book essential reading for all post graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of Semiconductors and Optoelectronics Contains full account of the advances made in the dilute nitrides, providing an excellent starting point for workers entering the field Gives the reader easier access and better evaluation of future trends, conveying important results and current ideas Includes a generous list of references at the end of each chapter, providing a useful reference to the III-V-N based semiconductors research community
Download or read book Nitrides and Dilute Nitrides written by Javier Miguel-Sánchez and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early developments of the last century, a lot of investigations and works have been devoted to the study of the science and technology of semiconductors. Although silicon and germanium were the pioneering semiconductors, in the last years, the so called III-V semiconductors [(B,Al,Ga,In)(P,As,Sb)] attracted a lot of attention for their interesting properties (high mobility, direct transitions, ...) which yielded to the successful development of high speed electronic devices and light emitting and laser diodes. Current telecom applications are mainly based in these semiconductor devices (mobile phones, VCSELs in fibre optic applications, etc.). But in the last decades, the incorporation of the small and highly electronegative nitrogen atom in the 'old' III-V semiconductors has opened a new and interesting field in semiconductor physics and applications: Nitrides (III-N) and dilute nitrides (III-V-N) are nowadays the main candidates for the development of devices with improved characteristics: laser diodes in the wavelengths of interest for telecom applications, in the visible and UV range, high electron mobility transistors, white LED for automotive, home and airplane illumination with much lower heat dissipation than bulb-based illumination, high temperature applications, ... This book is devoted to a detailed compilation of comprehensive reviews of the main topics under investigation in the field of nitride and dilute nitrides, written by the pioneers and researchers from the leading research labs from all over the world, describing the properties of these semiconductors: From the ab initio theory to the growth (MOCVD, MBE) and characterization (magnetic, electric, structural) of the materials and the devices.
Download or read book Dilute III V Nitride Semiconductors and Material Systems written by Ayse Erol and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the current status of research and development in dilute III-V nitrides. It covers major developments in this new class of materials within 24 chapters from prominent research groups. The book integrates materials science and applications in optics and electronics in a unique way. It is valuable both as a reference work for researchers and as a study text for graduate students.
Download or read book Hydrogenated Dilute Nitride Semiconductors written by Gianluca Ciatto and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nonlinear behavior of nitrogen and the passivation effect of hydrogen in dilute nitrides open the way to the manufacture of a new class of nanostructured devices with in-plane variation of the optical band gap. This book addresses the modifications of the electronic structure and of the optical and structural properties induced in these technol
Download or read book Understanding the Growth of Dilute Nitrides from First Principles written by Hazem Abu Farsakh and published by Sudwestdeutscher Verlag Fur Hochschulschriften AG. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the large band-gap bowing associated with low N contents in III-V semiconductors, ternary and quaternary dilute nitride alloys have sparked interest over the last years for a wide range of technological applications. However, the realization of these alloys has been hampered by several challenges such as the extremely low equilibrium solubility of N and composition fluctuations. In order to overcome these challenges a detailed understanding of the growth of these alloys at the atomic level is crucial. Therefore, by employing state-of-the art first-principles calculations, this work provides (i) a detailed study of the thermodynamic N solubility limits at technologically relevant GaAs and InAs surfaces/subsurfaces as function of growth conditions, and (ii) the kinetic mechanisms for N adatoms that affect and control their incorporation, such as adatom diffusion and surface/subsurface substitution. A detailed analysis of the interplay between thermodynamics and kinetics allowed to predict the optimum conditions for N incorporation and to explain experimental results. This study provides a prototype for understanding the growth highly mismatched multi-component alloys.
Download or read book Magnetooptical properties of dilute nitride nanowires written by Mattias Jansson and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanostructured III-V semiconductors have emerged as one of the most promising materials systems for future optoelectronic applications. While planar III-V compounds are already at the center of the ongoing lighting revolution, where older light sources are replaced by modern white light LEDs, fabricating such materials in novel architectures, such as nanowires and quantum dots, creates new possibilities for optoelectronic applications. Not only do nanoscale structures allow the optically active III-V materials to be integrated with silicon microelectronics, but they also give rise to new fascinating properties inherent to the nanoscale. One of the key parameters considered when selecting materials for applications in light-emitting and photovoltaic devices is the band gap energy. While alloying of conventional III-V materials provides a certain degree of band gap tunability, a significantly enhanced possibility of band gap engineering is offered by so-called dilute nitrides, where incorporation of a small percentage of nitrogen into III-V compounds causes a dramatic down-shift of the conduction band edge. In addition, nitrogen-induced splitting of the conduction band in dilute nitrides can be utilized in intermediate band solar cells, belonging to the next generation of photovoltaic devices. For any material to be viable for optoelectronic applications, detailed knowledge of the electronic structure of the material, as well as a good understanding of carrier recombination processes is vital. For example, alloying may not only cause changes in the electronic structure but can also induce disorder. Disorder-induced potential fluctuations may alter charge carrier and exciton dynamics, and may even induce quantum confinement. Moreover, various defects in the material may introduce detrimental non-radiative (NR) states in the band gap deteriorating radiative efficiency. It is evident that, due to their different growth mechanisms, such properties could be markedly different in nanowires as compared to their planar counterparts. In this thesis, I aim to describe the electronic structure of dilute nitride nanowires, and its effects on the optical properties. Firstly, we investigate the electronic structure, and the structural and optical properties of novel GaNAsP nanowires, with a particular focus on the dominant recombination channels in the material. Secondly, we show how short-range fluctuations in the nitrogen content lead to the formation of quantum dots in dilute nitride nanowires, and investigate their electronic structure. Finally, we investigate the combined charge carrier and exciton dynamics of the quantum dots and effects of defects in their surroundings. Before considering individual sources of NR recombination, it is instructive to investigate the overall effects of nitrogen incorporation on the structural properties of the nanowires. In Paper I, we show that nitrogen incorporation up to 0.16% in Ga(N)AsP nanowires does not affect the overall structural quality of the material, nor does nitrogen degrade the good compositional uniformity of the nanowires. It is evident from our studies, however, that nitrogen incorporation has a strong and complex effect on recombination processes. We first show that nitrogen incorporation in GaNAsP nanowires reduces the NR recombination at room temperature as compared to the nitrogen-free nanowires (Paper I). This is in stark contrast to dilute nitride epilayers, where nitrogen incorporation enhances NR recombination. The reason for this difference is that in nanowires the surface recombination, rather than recombination via point defects, is the dominant NR recombination mechanism. We suggest that the nitrogen-induced suppression of the NR surface recombination in the nanowires is due to nitridation of the nanowire surface. Another NR recombination channel common in III-V nanowires is caused by the presence of structural defects, such as rotational twin planes and stacking faults. Interestingly, while nitrogen incorporation does not appear to affect the density of such structural defects, increasing nitrogen incorporation reduces the NR recombination via the structural defects (Paper II). This is explained by competing trapping of excited carriers/excitons to the localized states characteristic to dilute nitrides, and at nitrogen-induced NR defects. This effect is, however, only present at cryogenic temperatures, while at room temperature the NR recombination via the structural defects is not the dominant recombination channel. Importance of point defects in carrier recombination is highlighted in Paper III. Using the optically detected magnetic resonance technique, we show that gallium vacancies (VGa) that are formed within the nanowire volume act as efficient NR recombination centers, degrading optical efficiency of the Ga(N)AsP-based nanowires. Interestingly, while the defect formation is promoted by nitrogen incorporation, it is also readily present in ternary GaAsP nanowires. This contrasts with previous studies on planar structures, where VGa was not formed in the absence of nitrogen, unless subjected to irradiation by high-energy particles or heavy n-type doping. This, again, highlights how the defect formation is strikingly different in nanowires as compared to planar structures, likely due to the different growth processes. Potential fluctuations in the conduction band, caused by non-uniformity of the nitrogen incorporation, is characteristic to dilute nitrides and is known to cause exciton/carrier localization. We find that in dilute nitride nanowires, such fluctuations at the short range cause three-dimensional quantum confinement of excitons, resulting in optically active quantum dots with spectrally ultranarrow and highly polarized emission lines (Paper IV). A careful investigation of such quantum dots reveals that their properties are strongly dependent on the host material (Papers V, VI). While the principal quantization axis of the quantum dots formed in the ternary GaNAs nanowires is preferably oriented along the nanowire axis (Paper V), it switches to the direction perpendicular to the nanowire axis in the quaternary GaNAsP nanowires (Paper VI). Another aspect illustrating the influence of the host material on the quantum-dot properties is the electronic character of the captured hole. In both alloys, we show coexistence of quantum dots where the captured holes are of either a pure heavy-hole character or a mixed light-hole and heavy-hole character. In the GaNAs quantum dots, the main cause of the light- and heavy-hole splitting is uniaxial tensile strain induced by a combination of lattice mismatch with the nanowire core and local alloy fluctuations (Paper V). In the GaNAsP quantum dots, however, we suggest that the main mechanism for the light- and heavy-hole splitting is local fluctuations in the P/As ratio (Paper VI). Using time correlation single-photon counting, we show that the quantum dots in these dilute nitride nanowires behave as single photon emitters (Paper VI), confirming the three-dimensional quantum confinement of the emitters. Finally, since the quantum dots are formed by fluctuations mainly in the conduction band, only electrons are preferentially captured in the 0D confinement potential, whereas holes are expected to be mainly localized through the Coulomb interaction once an electron is captured by the quantum dot. In Paper VII, we investigate this rather peculiar capture mechanism, which we show to lead to unipolar, negative charging of the quantum dot. Moreover, we demonstrate that carrier capture by some quantum dots is strongly affected by the presence of defects in their local surroundings, which further alters the charge state of the quantum dot, where formation of the negatively charged exciton is promoted at the expense of its neutral counterpart. This underlines that the local surroundings of the quantum dots may greatly affect their properties and illustrates a possible way to exploit the defects for charge engineering of the quantum dots. In summary, in this thesis work, we identify several important non-radiative recombination processes in dilute nitride nanowires that can undermine the potential of these novel nanostructures for future optoelectronic applications. The gained knowledge could be found useful for designing strategies to mitigate these harmful processes, thereby improving the efficiency of future light-emitting and photovoltaic devices based on these nanowires. Furthermore, we uncover a set of optically bright quantum dot single-photon emitters embedded in the dilute nitride nanowires, and reveal their unusual electronic structure with strikingly different confinement potentials between electrons and holes. Our findings open a new pathway for charge engineering of the quantum dots in nanowires, attractive for applications in e.g. quantum computation and optical switching.
Download or read book Ammonia and the Nitrides written by Edward Bradford Maxted and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Band Anticrossing in Dilute Nitrides written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alloying III-V compounds with small amounts of nitrogen leads to dramatic reduction of the fundamental band-gap energy in the resulting dilute nitride alloys. The effect originates from an anti-crossing interaction between the extended conduction-band states and localized N states. The interaction splits the conduction band into two nonparabolic subbands. The downward shift of the lower conduction subband edge is responsible for the N-induced reduction of the fundamental band-gap energy. The changes in the conduction band structure result in significant increase in electron effective mass and decrease in the electron mobility, and lead to a large enhance of the maximum doping level in GaInNAs doped with group VI donors. In addition, a striking asymmetry in the electrical activation of group IV and group VI donors can be attributed to mutual passivation process through formation of the nearest neighbor group-IV donor nitrogen pairs.
Download or read book Physics and Technology of Dilute Nitrides for Optical Communications written by N. Balkan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chemistry of Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides written by S.T. Oyama and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book arose from a symposium titled 'Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides: Preparation, Properties, and Reactivity' organized by Jae Sung Lee, Masatoshi Nagai and myself. The symposium was part of the 1995 Congress of Pacific Rim Chemical Societies, held in Honolulu, Hawaii between December 17-22, 1995. The meeting was the first major conference to exclusively address the theme of metal carbides and nitrides, and brought together many of the major researchers in the field. Over 50 scientists and engineers reported their latest findings in five sessions of presentations and discussions. The book closely follows the topics covered in the conference: Theory of bonding Structure and composition Catalytic properties Physical properties New methods of preparation Spectroscopy and microscopy The book is unique in its coverage. It provides a general introduction to the properties and nature of the materials, but also covers their latest applications in a wide variety of fields. It should thus be of interest to both experts and nonexperts in the fields of material science, solid-state chemistry, physics, ceramics engineering, and catalysis. The first chapter gives an overview, and many of the chapters provide summaries of advanced topics. All contributions were peer-reviewed.
Download or read book Hydrogenation of Dilute Nitride Materials for an Application to Multi junction Solar Cells written by Miwa Fukuda and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the First Symposium on III V Nitride Materials and Processes written by T. D. Moustakas and published by The Electrochemical Society. This book was released on 1996 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Iii nitride Semiconductor Materials written by Zhe Chuan Feng and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: III-Nitride semiconductor materials — (Al, In, Ga)N — are excellent wide band gap semiconductors very suitable for modern electronic and optoelectronic applications. Remarkable breakthroughs have been achieved recently, and current knowledge and data published have to be modified and upgraded. This book presents the new developments and achievements in the field.Written by renowned experts, the review chapters in this book cover the most important topics and achievements in recent years, discuss progress made by different groups, and suggest future directions. Each chapter also describes the basis of theory or experiment.The III-Nitride-based industry is building up and new economic developments from these materials are promising. It is expected that III-Nitride-based LEDs may replace traditional light bulbs to realize a revolution in lighting. This book is a valuable source of information for engineers, scientists and students working towards such goals./a
Download or read book Indium Nitride and Related Alloys written by Timothy David Veal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by recognized leaders in this dynamic and rapidly expanding field, Indium Nitride and Related Alloys provides a clear and comprehensive summary of the present state of knowledge in indium nitride (InN) research. It elucidates and clarifies the often confusing and contradictory scientific literature to provide valuable and rigorous insight into the structural, optical, and electronic properties of this quickly emerging semiconductor material and its related alloys. Drawing from both theoretical and experimental perspectives, it provides a thorough review of all data since 2001 when the band gap of InN was identified as 0.7 eV. The superior transport and optical properties of InN and its alloys offer tremendous potential for a wide range of device applications, including high-efficiency solar cells and chemical sensors. Indeed, the now established narrow band gap nature of InN means that the InGaN alloys cover the entire solar spectrum and InAlN alloys span from the infrared to the ultraviolet. However, with unsolved problems including high free electron density, difficulty in characterizing p-type doping, and the lack of a lattice-matched substrate, indium nitride remains perhaps the least understood III-V semiconductor. Covering the epitaxial growth, experimental characterization, theoretical understanding, and device potential of this semiconductor and its alloys, this book is essential reading for both established researchers and those new to the field.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Third Symposium on III V Nitride Materials and Processes written by T. D. Moustakas and published by The Electrochemical Society. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: