Quantitative Assessment of Carrier Density by Cathodoluminescence. II. Nanowires

HL Chen, R De Lépinau, A Scaccabarozzi, F Oehler… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Physical Review Applied, 2021APS
Precise control of doping in single nanowires (NWs) is essential for the development of NW-
based devices. Here, we investigate a series of MBE-grown Ga As NWs with Be (p-type) and
Si (n-type) doping using high-resolution cathodoluminescence (CL) mapping at low and
room temperatures. CL spectra are analyzed selectively in different regions of the NWs.
Room-temperature luminescence is fitted with the generalized Planck law and an absorption
model, and the bandgap and band tail width are extracted. For Be-doped Ga As NWs, the …
Precise control of doping in single nanowires (NWs) is essential for the development of NW-based devices. Here, we investigate a series of MBE-grown NWs with (-type) and (-type) doping using high-resolution cathodoluminescence (CL) mapping at low and room temperatures. CL spectra are analyzed selectively in different regions of the NWs. Room-temperature luminescence is fitted with the generalized Planck law and an absorption model, and the bandgap and band tail width are extracted. For -doped NWs, the bandgap narrowing provides a quantitative determination of the hole concentration ranging from about to , in good agreement with the targeted doping levels. High-resolution maps of the hole concentration demonstrate the homogeneous doping in the pure zinc-blende segment. For -doped NWs, the electron Fermi level and the full width at half maximum of low-temperature CL spectra are used to assess the electron concentration to approximately to . These findings confirm the difficulty in obtaining highly doped -type NWs, maybe due to doping compensation. Notably, signatures of high concentration [(5–9)] at the very top of NWs are unveiled.
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