The filament in aAu/Ta2 O5 /Au system is analyzed and determined to be a nanoscaled TaO2-x filament. A shrunken anode localizes the filament formation and the defect boundary leads to faster accumulation of oxygen vacancies. The defect changes the switching domination between electron transport and oxygen-vacancy migration. The migration of oxygen vacancies limits the filament dynamics, indicating the crucial role played by oxygen defects.
We report the fabrication of InGaN/GaN nanorod light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using
inductively coupled plasma reactive-ion etching (ICP-RIE) and a photo-enhanced chemical
(PEC) wet oxidation process via self-assembled Ni nanomasks. An enhancement by a factor
of six times in photoluminescence (PL) intensities of nanorods made with the PEC process
was achieved in comparison to that of the as-grown structure. The peak wavelength
observed from PL measurement showed a blue shift of 3.8 nm for the nanorods made
without the PEC oxidation process and 8.6 nm for the nanorods made with the PEC
oxidation process from that of the as-grown LED sample. In addition, we have
demonstrated electrically pumped nanorod LEDs with the electroluminescence spectrum
showing more efficiency and a 10.5 nm blue-shifted peak with respect to the as-grown LED
sample.
Disordered GaN nanopillars of three different heights: 300, 550, and 720 nm are fabricated, and demonstrate broad angular and spectral antireflective characteristics, up to an incident angle of 60? and for the wavelength range of lambda=300-1800 nm. An algorithm based on a rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) method is developed to investigate the correlations between the reflective characteristics and the structural properties of the nanopillars. The broadband and omnidirectional antireflection arises mainly from the refractive-index gradient provided by nanopillars. Calculations show excellent agreement with the measured reflectivities for both s- and p- polarizations.
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