Temperature induced anomalous exciton localization in InGaN/GaN and GaN/AlInN quantum wells

Md Soyaeb Hasan, Md Sherajul Islam*, Md Rafiqul Islam, Ibrahim Mustafa Mehedi, Takayuki Makino

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Abstract

This paper elucidates the details of exciton localization dynamics in InGaN/GaN and GaN/AlInN quantum wells (QWs) using Monte Carlo simulation for a wide range of temperatures (10–300 K). We find that the phonon-induced variation of exciton lifetimes has remarkable effects on the photoluminescence (PL) peak position and the line-width. The red-shift of PL peak position at high temperature is clarified. The combined effects of phonon-induced radiative lifetime of excitons and the band-gap shrinkage at high temperature show the most reasonable agreement with the experimentally observed red-shift of the PL peak position. We have also quantitatively explained the temperature dependence of the W-shaped line-width in both InGaN/GaN and GaN/AlInN QWs. These results are highly significant to understand the emission properties of III-nitride QWs optoelectronic devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-381
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Computational Electronics
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Exciton localization
  • InGaN/GaN
  • Photoluminescence
  • Quantum well

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