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Investigation of GaNAsSb/GaAs and GaInNAsSb/GaNAs/GaAs Band Offsets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Homan B. Yuen ,
Robert Kudrawiec ,
K. Ryczko ,
S.R. Bank ,
M.A. Wistey ,
H.P. Bae ,
J. Misiewicz  and
J.S. Harris Jr
Homan B. Yuen
Affiliation:
Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4075
Robert Kudrawiec
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
K. Ryczko
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
S.R. Bank
Affiliation:
Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4075
M.A. Wistey
Affiliation:
Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4075
H.P. Bae
Affiliation:
Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4075
J. Misiewicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland
J.S. Harris Jr
Affiliation:
Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4075
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Abstract

Heterojunction band offsets of GaNAsSb/GaAs, GaInNAsSb/GaAs, and GaInNAsSb/GaNAs/GaAs quantum well (QW) structures were measured by photoreflectance (PR) spectroscopy. These samples were grown by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy using a radio-frequency nitrogen plasma source. PR spectra were collected from the QW structures and the energy transitions were obtained. The experimental data of the QW energy transitions were analyzed by theoretical calculations. Using predetermined values such as QW thickness and composition, unknown factors such as the heterojunction band offsets were able to be determined. For the GaN0.02As0.87Sb0.11/GaAs structure, we found that Qc≈0.5. For Ga0.62In0.38N0.026As0.954Sb0.02/GaAs, we found that Qc≈0.8. This value is similar to the antimony free dilute-nitride material GaInNAs since the small amount of antimony does not affect the band offsets. For the technologically important Ga0.61In0.39N0.023As0.957Sb0.02/GaN0.027As0.973/GaAs laser structure, we found that the GaInNAsSb/GaNAs QW had a conduction band offset of 144 meV and a valence band offset of 127 meV. With a greater understanding of the band structure, more advanced GaInNAsSb laser devices can be obtained.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 864: Symposium E – Semiconductor Defect Engineering-Materials, Synthesis Structures and Devices , 2005 , E3.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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