We report on the observation of intersubband absorption in GaN/AlN quantum well superlattices grown on (11<img src="http://jap.aip.org/math_images/JAPIAU/vol_113/iss_14/143109_1/143109_1-ft-d4e1233.gif" />2)-oriented GaN. The absorption is tuned in the 1.5–4.5 μm wavelength range by adjusting the well thickness. The semipolar samples are compared with polar samples with identical well thickness grown during the same run. The intersubband absorption of semipolar samples shows a significant red shift with respect to the polar ones due to the reduction of the internal electric field in the quantum wells. The experimental results are compared with simulations and confirm the reduction of the polarization discontinuity along the growth axis in the semipolar case. The absorption spectral shape depends on the sample growth direction: for polar quantum wells the intersubband spectrum is a sum of Lorentzian resonances, whereas a Gaussian shape is observed in the semipolar case. This dissimilarity is explained by different carrier localization in these two cases. / <p>Funding Agencies|EC FET-OPEN project Unitride|233950|EU ERC-StG under project TeraGaN|278428|French National Research Agency under project COSNI|ANR-08-BLAN-0298-01|</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-93977 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Machhadani, Houssaine, Beeler, M, Sakr, S, Warde, E, Kotsar, Y, Tchernycheva, M, Chauvat, M P., Ruterana, P, Nataf, G, De Mierry, Ph, Monroy, E, Julien, F H. |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Halvledarmaterial, Linköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan, CEA Grenoble, France, University of Paris, France, University of Paris, France, CEA Grenoble, France, University of Paris, France, UCBN, France, UCBN, France, CRHEA, France, CRHEA, France, CEA Grenoble, France, University of Paris, France, American Institute of Physics (AIP) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article in journal, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Journal of Applied Physics, 0021-8979, 2013, 113:14, |
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