We report on the effects of N incorporation on the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN)/GaAs heterostructures as investigated by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. PL under a magnetic field shows an increase in the electron effective mass in the N-containing material. In order to address this effect as well as the giant band gap reduction induced by N in (InGa)As, we exploit the ability of hydrogen to passivate the electronic activity of N in (InGa)(AsN). Such passivation is due to the formation of N-H bonds and manifests itself as: (i) a quenching of the exciton recombination in N-related complexes in the N dilute limit; (ii) a blueshift of the (InGa)(AsN) band gap toward that of the N-free material in the alloy limit. A thermal annealing leads to a complete recovery of the electronic properties (InGa)(AsN) had before H irradiation in both limits. The activation energy for the thermal dissociation, E-D, of the N-H complexes follows a Gaussian distribution with a mean value increasing with the N concentration, y. Values of E-D similar to those found in the alloy limit are found in the case of very dilute N concentrations (impurity limit), where different N-H complexes are singled out. These results show that different N complexes are responsible for the puzzling effects exerted by N on the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hydrogen as a probe of the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN)/GaAs heterostructures / Polimeni, Antonio; M., Bissiri; H. V. H. G., Baldassarri; Capizzi, Mario; D., Gibertoni; M., Barozzi; M., Bersani; D., Gollub; M., Fischer; A., Forchel. - In: SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS. - ISSN 0038-1101. - STAMPA. - 47:3(2003), pp. 447-453. (Intervento presentato al convegno Spring Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society (E-MRS) tenutosi a STRASBOURG, FRANCE nel JUN 18-21, 2002) [10.1016/s0038-1101(02)00387-8].

Hydrogen as a probe of the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN)/GaAs heterostructures

POLIMENI, Antonio;CAPIZZI, Mario;
2003

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We report on the effects of N incorporation on the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN)/GaAs heterostructures as investigated by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. PL under a magnetic field shows an increase in the electron effective mass in the N-containing material. In order to address this effect as well as the giant band gap reduction induced by N in (InGa)As, we exploit the ability of hydrogen to passivate the electronic activity of N in (InGa)(AsN). Such passivation is due to the formation of N-H bonds and manifests itself as: (i) a quenching of the exciton recombination in N-related complexes in the N dilute limit; (ii) a blueshift of the (InGa)(AsN) band gap toward that of the N-free material in the alloy limit. A thermal annealing leads to a complete recovery of the electronic properties (InGa)(AsN) had before H irradiation in both limits. The activation energy for the thermal dissociation, E-D, of the N-H complexes follows a Gaussian distribution with a mean value increasing with the N concentration, y. Values of E-D similar to those found in the alloy limit are found in the case of very dilute N concentrations (impurity limit), where different N-H complexes are singled out. These results show that different N complexes are responsible for the puzzling effects exerted by N on the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
2003
dilute iii-v nitrides; hydrogen induced passivation; optical properties; secondary ion mass spectroscopy
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Hydrogen as a probe of the electronic properties of (InGa)(AsN)/GaAs heterostructures / Polimeni, Antonio; M., Bissiri; H. V. H. G., Baldassarri; Capizzi, Mario; D., Gibertoni; M., Barozzi; M., Bersani; D., Gollub; M., Fischer; A., Forchel. - In: SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS. - ISSN 0038-1101. - STAMPA. - 47:3(2003), pp. 447-453. (Intervento presentato al convegno Spring Meeting of the European-Materials-Research-Society (E-MRS) tenutosi a STRASBOURG, FRANCE nel JUN 18-21, 2002) [10.1016/s0038-1101(02)00387-8].
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