Temperature-dependence of exciton radiative recombination in (Al,Ga)N/GaN quantum wells grown on a-plane GaN substrates
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This article presents the dynamics of excitons in a-plane (Al,Ga)N/GaN single quantum wells of various thicknesses grown on bulk GaN substrates. For all quantum well samples, recombination is observed to be predominantly radiative in the low-temperature range. At higher temperatures, the escape of charge carriers from the quantum well to the (Al,Ga)N barriers is accompanied by a reduction in internal quantum efficiency. Based on the temperature-dependence of time-resolved photoluminescence experiments, we also show how the local disorder affects the exciton radiative lifetime at low temperature and the exciton non-radiative lifetime at high temperature.
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exciton, GaN, quantum well, radiative lifetime
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
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0021-4922
1347-4065
1347-4065
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The Japan Society of Applied Physics
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We acknowledge financial support from the Swiss National
Science Foundation through Project No. 129715 and from
the Polish National Science Center (Project DEC-2011/ 03/B/ST3/02647). The work was partially supported by
the European Union within European Regional Development Fund through Innovative Economy Grant No. POIG.01.01.02-00-008/08. P.C. also acknowledges
financing from the European Union Seventh Framework
Program under grant agreement No. 265073.