Exciton-polariton propagation in AlGaN/GaN quantum-well waveguides probe by time-resolved photoluminescence

Tom Nelson Oder; Jing Li; Jing Yu Lin; Hongxing Jiang

doi:10.1117/12.470430

11 June 2002 Exciton-polariton propagation in AlGaN/GaN quantum-well waveguides probe by time-resolved photoluminescence

Tom Nelson Oder, Jing Li, Jing Yu Lin, Hongxing Jiang

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Proceedings Volume 4643, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors VI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470430
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The propagation properties of light in AlGaN/GaN multiple- quantum-well (MQW) waveguides have been studied by time- resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The waveguides were patterned with fixed width of 0.5micrometers but orientations varying from -30 degree(s) to 60 degree(s) relative to the a-axis of GaN by electron-beam lithography and inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) dry etching. The peak position and line-width of the emission peak were found to vary systematically with orientations of the waveguides and followed the six-fold symmetry of the wurtzite structure. This is explained in terms of anisotropy of the exciton/carrier diffusion coefficient along the different crystal orientations of the semiconductor materials. We also observed a remarkable decrease in the PL intensity as well as increase in time delay of the temporal response as the location of the laser excitation spot on the waveguide is varied. These observations can be understood in terms of exciton- polarization propagation in the waveguides. The speed of generated polaritons with energy corresponding to the well transitions in the waveguides was determined from the time delay of the temporal response to be approximately (1.26+/- 0.16 x 10⁷ m/sec. The optical loss in the waveguides was determined to be about 5-8 cm^-1 for different excitation intensities. The implications of these results to waveguiding in optical devices based on the III- nitride semiconductors are discussed.

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Tom Nelson Oder, Jing Li, Jing Yu Lin, and Hongxing Jiang "Exciton-polariton propagation in AlGaN/GaN quantum-well waveguides probe by time-resolved photoluminescence", Proc. SPIE 4643, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors VI, (11 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470430

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