Ground and first five low-lying excited states related optical absorption in In.1Ga.9N/GaN double quantum wells: Temperature and coupling impacts


En-nadir R., El Ghazi H., Belaid W., Jorio A., Zorkani I., KILIÇ H. Ş.

Solid State Communications, vol.338, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 338
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ssc.2021.114464
  • Journal Name: Solid State Communications
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, DIALNET, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: DQWs, InGaN, Impurity, Size, Temperature, Optical absorption
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In the present article, we investigated theoretically the total absorption coefficient related to inter conduction subband transitions in symmetric In.1Ga.9N/GaN double rectangular quantum wells within the effective-mass and parabolic band approximations making an allowance for temperature and structure's size influences. The finite difference method is adopted to solve numerically one-dimensional Schrödinger equation and to obtain the six first low-lying allowed eigen-values and their corresponding eigen-functions in view of finite potential barrier height, effective-mass and dielectric constant mismatches. The optical absorption coefficients are computed based on the compact density matrix approach within an iterative procedure. The numerical results are reported for two different values of temperature. Obvious temperature impact is obtained mainly for narrow coupling barrier compared to large one. Apart from 3S–3P transition and regardless the coupling width, momentous red-shift is found with increasing temperature. Moreover, 2S–2P, 2S–3P and 3S–3P associated TOAC spectra are blue-shifted while all others show a substantial red-shift with increasing the coupling width. Also, it is found that resonant optical absorption characteristics can be tailored by an appropriate selection of temperature and structure's size leading to new prospective for good performance infrared optical devices, optical modulators, solar cells and laser applications.