Browsing by Author "Shen, JL"

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Formation of self-assembled ZnTe quantum dots on ZnSe buffer layer grown on GaAs substrate by molecular beam epitaxy
(2002-07-01)
Kuo, MC
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Yang, CS
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Tseng, PY
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Lee, J
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Shen, JL
Self-assembled ZnTe quantum dot structures were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs substrates with a 200 nm ZnSe buffer layer. Surface morphology was studied by atomic force microscopy. A three-dimensional Volmer-Weber growth mode was identified. Two types of dots were observed. Strong photoluminescence observed at 1.9-2.2 eV was attributed to emission from the large type II ZnTe quantum dots. Emission from the smaller ZnTe quantum dots was observed at an energy of around 2.26 eV. The density of the larger and smaller dots was approximately 10(8)/cm(2) and 10(9)/cm(2), respectively. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Optical characterization of ZnSe epilayers and ZnCdSe/ZnSe quantum wells grown on Ge/Ge0.95Si0.05/Ge0.9Si0.1/Si virtual substrates
(2006-03-15)
Ku, JT
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Kuo, MC
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Shen, JL
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Chiu, KC
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Yang, TH
Several approaches have been employed to grow high-quality ZnSe epilayers on Ge/Ge0.95Si0.05/Ge0.9Si0.1/Si virtual substrates. The ZnSe epilayers were characterized by photoluminescence spectroscopy. Migration enhanced epitaxy and inserting an in situ thermal annealing ZnSe buffer layer effectively reduced the intensity of deep level emissions from the ZnSe epilayer grown on a 6 degrees-tilted Ge/Ge0.95Si0.05/Ge0.9Si0.1/Si virtual substrate. Optimized conditions for growing high-quality ZnSe were used to deposit ZnCdSe/ZnSe multiple quantum wells on Ge/Ge0.95Si0.05/Ge0.9Si0.1/Si virtual substrates. Photoluminescence spectroscopy revealed quantum-confinement effect in the ZnCdSe multiple quantum wells. The evolution of the exciton emission peak energy and the linewidth as a function of temperature indicate a low density of localized sites in the sample with a well width of 1 nm. In the high-temperature regime, the thermal quenching of the excitonic emission intensity from ZnCdSe quantum well structures was governed by the thermal activation of carriers from quantum-well-confined states into barrier states. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
Optical properties of self-assembled ZnTe quantum dots grown by molecular-beam epitaxy
(2005-02-01)
Yang, CS
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Lai, YJ
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Chou, WC
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Chen, WK
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Lee, MC
The morphology and the size-dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the type-II ZnTe quantum dots (QDs) grown in a ZnSe matrix were obtained. The coverage of ZnTe varied from 2.5 to 3.5 monolayers (MLs). The PL peak energy decreased as the dot size increased. Excitation power and temperature-dependent PL spectra are used to characterize the optical properties of the ZnTe quantum dots. For 2.5- and 3.0-ML samples, the PL peak energy decreased monotonically as the temperature increased. However, for the 3.5-ML sample, the PL peak energy was initially blueshifted and then redshifted as the temperature increased above 40 K. Carrier thermalization and carrier transfer between QDs are used to explain the experimental data. A model of temperature-dependent linewidth broadening is employed to fit the high-temperature data. The activation energy, which was found by the simple PL intensity quenching model, of the 2.5, 3.0, and 3.5 MLs were determined to be 6.35, 9.40, and 18.87 meV, respectively. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
Optical studies of the Holmium-doped InGaAsP epilayers
(2003-12-01)
Lee, YC
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Shu, GW
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Cheng, IM
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Chen, CP
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Shen, JL
Photoluminescence (PL), contactless electroreflectance (CER), and Raman scattering measurements have been used to study the structural properties of Ho-doped InGaAsP epilayers. Both the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of PL and the broadening parameter of CER are decreased as the doping amount of Ho element increases. This indicates that Ho doping greatly reduces the residual impurities and improve the quality of epilayers. The Raman spectra of Ho-doped InGaAsP epilayers are found to have asymmetric line shapes. Using a spatial correlation model, it is found the asymmetric broadening of the Raman signal is not influenced by the Ho doping. We hence conclude that the introduction of the Ho element can greatly reduce the residual impurities of LPE-grown layers, but no large amounts of Ho element are being incorporated into the epilayers during the purification. (C) 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Photoluminescence of colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots under oxygen atmosphere
(2005-09-01)
Shu, GW
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Lee, WZ
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Shu, IJ
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Shen, JL
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Lin, JCA
The effects of oxygen versus vacuum ambients on colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) were studied using both continuous and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The PL intensities were found to be an order of magnitude higher in an oxygen atmosphere, which is explained by the passivation of surface defects by oxygen absorption. The decay of PL intensities can be best fitted by a biexponential function with lifetimes of approximately 1 ns; for the fast decay and approximately 10 ns; for the slow decay. Based on the emission-energy dependence of carrier lifetimes and of the amplitude ratio of the fast-decay component to the slow-decay component, we suggest that the fast and slow PL decay of colloidal CdSe/ZnS QDs is caused by the recombination of delocalized carriers in the internal core states and the localized carriers in the surface states, respectively.
Properties of photoluminescence in type-II ZnTe/ZnSe quantum dots
(2006-03-20)
Lin, TY
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Lyu, DY
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Chang, J
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Shen, JL
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Chou, WC
Temperature and time evolution of the photoluminescence (PL) intensity of bimodal ZnTe/ZnSe type-II quantum dots (QDs) were investigated. A particular temperature dependence of PL was observed in large QDs. PL decay of small QDs is composed of a faster initial component and a slower tail component whereas PL decay of large QDs simply comprises a fast component. All phenomena could be understood consistently by considering charge carrier transfer mechanism, band-bending effect, and the existence of nonradiative centers in the bimodal type-II QD array. We show that excitons play an important role in the emission properties of a self-assembled type-II QD system.
Recombination dynamics of luminescence in colloidal CdSe/ZrS quantum dots
(2005-09-01)
Lee, WZ
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Shu, GW
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Wang, JS
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Shen, JL
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Lin, CA
Recombination dynamics of photoluminescence (PL) in colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) were studied using time-resolved PL measurements. The PL intensity shows a biexponential decay at 9 K, consisting of a fast component (similar to 1 ns) and a slow component (similar to 6.3 ns). Based on the emission-energy and temperature dependence of carrier lifetimes, we suggest that the fast and slow PL decay of colloidal CdSe/ZnS QDs originates from recombination of the delocalized carriers in the internal core states and the localized carriers at the interface, respectively.