• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 6, 061402 (2016)
Wenyu Cao and Xiaodong Hu*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.061402 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wenyu Cao, Xiaodong Hu. Influence of the quantum-confined Stark effect on the temperature-induced photoluminescence blueshift of InGaN/GaN quantum wells in laser diode structures[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(6): 061402 Copy Citation Text show less
    PL spectra for sample A in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The inset shows the temperature dependence of the integrated PL intensity of the main emission with the best fitting of the Arrhenius plot.
    Fig. 1. PL spectra for sample A in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The inset shows the temperature dependence of the integrated PL intensity of the main emission with the best fitting of the Arrhenius plot.
    PL spectra for sample B in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The inset shows the temperature dependence of integrated PL intensity of the main emission with the best fitting of the Arrhenius plot.
    Fig. 2. PL spectra for sample B in the temperature range from 10 to 300 K. The inset shows the temperature dependence of integrated PL intensity of the main emission with the best fitting of the Arrhenius plot.
    Temperature dependence of PL peak energies for various excitation power densities for (a) sample A and (b) sample B.
    Fig. 3. Temperature dependence of PL peak energies for various excitation power densities for (a) sample A and (b) sample B.
    Filled circles for the blueshift range of peak energy between 10 and 150 K as a function of excitation power density in sample A; filled squares for the blueshift range of peak energy between 150 and 300 K as a function of excitation power density in sample B.
    Fig. 4. Filled circles for the blueshift range of peak energy between 10 and 150 K as a function of excitation power density in sample A; filled squares for the blueshift range of peak energy between 150 and 300 K as a function of excitation power density in sample B.
    Excitation power density dependence of PL peak energy at 10 K for sample A (filled circles) and peak energy at 150 K for sample B (filled squares).
    Fig. 5. Excitation power density dependence of PL peak energy at 10 K for sample A (filled circles) and peak energy at 150 K for sample B (filled squares).
    PL decay times at the peak positions as a function of temperature for (a) sample A and (b) sample B.
    Fig. 6. PL decay times at the peak positions as a function of temperature for (a) sample A and (b) sample B.
    SampleIQE (%)αβEA1 (meV)EA2 (meV)
    A210.556.56.937.1
    B145.670.615.452.3
    Table 1. Fitting Parameters of α, β, EA1, and EA2 Together with the IQE
    Wenyu Cao, Xiaodong Hu. Influence of the quantum-confined Stark effect on the temperature-induced photoluminescence blueshift of InGaN/GaN quantum wells in laser diode structures[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(6): 061402
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