Abstract

We investigate the optical signature of the interface in a single MgZnO/ZnO heterojunction, which exhibits two orders of magnitude lower resistivity and 10 times higher electron mobility compared with the MgZnO/Al2O3 film grown under the same conditions. These impressive transport properties are attributed to increased mobility of electrons at the MgZnO/ZnO heterojunction interface. Depth-resolved cathodoluminescence and photoluminescence studies reveal a 3.2 eV H-band optical emission from the heterointerface, which exhibits excitonic properties and a localization energy of 19.6 meV. The emission is attributed to band-bending due to the polarization discontinuity at the interface, which leads to formation of a triangular quantum well and localized excitons by electrostatic coupling.

Details

Title
Radiative recombination of confined electrons at the MgZnO/ZnO heterojunction interface
Author
Choi, Sumin 1 ; Rogers, David J 2 ; Sandana, Eric V 2 ; Bove, Philippe 2 ; Teherani, Ferechteh H 2 ; Nenstiel, Christian 3 ; Hoffmann, Axel 3 ; McClintock, Ryan 4 ; Razeghi, Manijeh 4 ; Look, David 5 ; Gentle, Angus 1 ; Phillips, Matthew R 1 ; Ton-That, Cuong 1 

 School of Mathematical and Physical Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Australia 
 Nanovation, 8 Route de Chevreuse, Châteaufort, France 
 Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany 
 Center for Quantum Devices, ECE Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA 
 Semiconductor Research Centre, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA 
Pages
1-7
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Aug 2017
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1957150584
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.