Charge polarization effects on the optical response of blue-emitting superlattices

Pedro Pereyra; Fatna Assaoui

doi:10.1117/1.JNP.11.020501

12 May 2017 Charge polarization effects on the optical response of blue-emitting superlattices

Pedro Pereyra, Fatna Assaoui

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 11, Issue 2, 020501 (May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.020501

Abstract

In the recently published finite periodic approach to study the optical response of periodic structures, successfully applied to study the optical properties of blue-emitting InGaN/GaN superlattices, the spontaneous charge polarization was neglected. To search the effect of this quantum confined Stark phenomenon, we study here the optical response, assuming parabolic band edge modulations in the conduction and valence bands. We discuss the consequences on the eigenfunction symmetries and the ensuing optical transition selection rules. Using the finite periodic approach in the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation, we determine the energy eigenvalues, their corresponding eigenfunctions, and the subband structures in the conduction and valence bands. We calculate the photoluminescence as a function of the charge localization strength and compare it with the experimental result. We show that, for subbands close to the barrier edge, the optical response and the surface states are sensitive to charge polarization strength.

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Pedro Pereyra and Fatna Assaoui "Charge polarization effects on the optical response of blue-emitting superlattices," Journal of Nanophotonics 11(2), 020501 (12 May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.11.020501

Received: 8 March 2017; Accepted: 18 April 2017; Published: 12 May 2017

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