The carrier localization phenomenon has been investigated for GaBiAs by photomodulated transmittance (PT) and photoluminescence (PL). In the case of PT measurements, a decrease in the energy-gap related PT signal has been clearly observed below 180 K. In PL spectra a broad emission band very sensitive to the excitation power has been found. In comparison to the energy-gap related transition, this band is shifted to red. The recombination time for this band at low temperature decreases from 0.7 to 0.35 ns with the increase in the emission energy. All the findings are clear evidences for strong carrier localization in this alloy.
We report the growth by molecular beam epitaxy of GaBi x As 1−x epilayers on ͑311͒B GaAs substrates. We use high-resolution x-ray diffraction ͑HRXRD͒, transmission electron microscopy, and Z-contrast imaging to characterize the structural properties of the as-grown material. We find that the incorporation of Bi into the GaBiAs alloy, as determined by HRXRD, is sizably larger in the ͑311͒B epilayers than in ͑001͒ epilayers, giving rise to reduced band-gap energies as obtained by optical transmission spectroscopy. © 2007 American Institute of Physics. ͓DOI: 10.1063/1.2827181͔ GaBi x As 1−x alloys are attracting in recent years a considerable deal of attention. [1][2][3][4][5][6] The band gap of GaAs is strongly reduced upon the addition of small amounts of Bi ͑ϳ90 meV per percent of Bi͒, with a strong enhancement of the spinorbit splitting energy.3,4 These remarkable properties make the Ga͑In͒BiAs system an attractive candidate to develop GaAs-based applications for long-wavelength optoelectronics as well as for spintronics. While the use of dilute nitrides in device applications is currently limited because the electron mobility of these compounds is abruptly reduced due to strong N-related alloy scattering, dilute bismides might exhibit improved transport properties. 6 The growth of epitaxial layers on high-index planes represents a step forward in semiconductor material engineering, as it offers an additional degree of freedom to develop applications with improved properties with respect to the conventional ͑001͒-grown devices. The interest in non-͑001͒ semiconductor structures is manifold and concerns growth, impurity incorporation, electronic properties, lasing performance, and piezoelectric effects. To mention a few examples, the use of non-͑001͒ substrates has allowed the fabrication of ultrahigh mobility two-dimensional hole gases in GaAs/ AlGaAs heterostructures, high-performance InAs/ GaAs quantum dot ͑QD͒ lasers, InGaAs/ GaAs QDs with enhanced piezoelectric effects, and GaMnAs epilayers with modified Mn incorporation and magnetic anisotropies. [7][8][9] In this study, we explore the growth by molecular beam epitaxy ͑MBE͒ of GaBiAs alloys on ͑311͒B GaAs substrates. We use a series of structural and optical techniques to characterize the as-grown material and to determine the amount of Bi incorporated into the samples. Our results reveal that the incorporation of Bi is enhanced in the ͑311͒B samples in comparison to the conventional ͑001͒ orientation.For this study, GaBi x As 1−x films were grown by MBE on semi-insulating ͑001͒ and ͑311͒B GaAs substrates at a growth temperature ͑T G ͒ of ϳ350°C with different As to Ga flux ratios. The growth was performed in a specially designed MBE reactor ͑see Ref. 10 for details͒. Atomic Ga and Bi were used as group-III and group-V sources, respectively, while As in the form of dimers ͑As 2 ͒ was produced by using a two-zone purpose made cell. In order to incorporate Bi efficiently into MBE-grown GaAs, the Ga to As flux needs to be on the brink of As shortage, close to...
Organic-inorganic heterostructures (OIHs) are an emerging topic that has attracted great research enthusiasm due to their unique features for electronic and optoelectronic applications. Although OIHs constructed with topological insulators and...
The capability to support large wave vector bulk plasmon polariton (BPP) waves enables the application of hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) in sensing. However, there is a challenge arising from the excitation of BPP, and the highly confined polarization waves are unable to meet the requirements of practical application. In this study, an HMM/bilayer silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) platform is proposed that allows the excitation and utilization of BPP for use as a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. According to the research results, the bilayer Ag NPs provide stronger plasmonic property and act as a light-matter coupler, so as to generate a large wave vector of scattered light and excite the BPP within the HMM. Besides, Ag NPs provide the nano antenna structure, and decouple the BPP into localized surface plasmon (LSP) that can be used directly to excite the electric fields. In addition, HMM produces a modulating effect on the plasmon resonance peak, which makes it possible to overlap the spectrum of resonance peak with excitation wavelengths, thus leading to a strong absorption peak at the incident laser wavelength region. Experimentally, the platform was applied to achieve SERS detection for adenosine molecules with a concentration of 10−6 M. It is believed that this plasmonic platform has a potential of application in surface-enhanced spectroscopy.
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