Characterization of tunneling and free-carrier screening in coupled asymmetric GaN/AlGaN quantum discs

We present a systematic investigation of free-carrier screening in coupled asymmetric GaN quantum discs with embedded AlGaN barriers using time-integrated and time-resolved micro-photoluminescence measurements, supported by three-dimensional multi-band k.p computational modeling. Free-carrier screen...

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Main Authors: Lee, K, Na, J, Birner, S, Yi, SN, Taylor, R, Park, Y, Park, C, Kang, T
Format: Conference item
Published: 2007
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Summary:We present a systematic investigation of free-carrier screening in coupled asymmetric GaN quantum discs with embedded AlGaN barriers using time-integrated and time-resolved micro-photoluminescence measurements, supported by three-dimensional multi-band k.p computational modeling. Free-carrier screening effects decreased with the barrier thickness, which indicates that the source of the free-carriers were carriers tunneling through the barrier.