Atomistic analysis of the impact of alloy and well-width fluctuations on the electronic and optical properties of InGaN/GaN quantum wells

S Schulz, MA Caro, C Coughlan, EP O'Reilly - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We present an atomistic description of the electronic and optical properties of In 0.25 Ga
0.75 N/GaN quantum wells. Our analysis accounts for fluctuations of well width, local alloy …

Theory of local electric polarization and its relation to internal strain: Impact on polarization potential and electronic properties of group-III nitrides

MA Caro, S Schulz, EP O'Reilly - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2013 - APS
We present a theory of local electric polarization in crystalline solids and apply it to study the
case of wurtzite group-III nitrides. We show that a local value of the electric polarization …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of random alloy fluctuations on the electronic and optical properties of (Al, Ga) N quantum wells: Insights from tight-binding calculations

R Finn, S Schulz - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Light emitters based on the semiconductor alloy aluminum gallium nitride [(Al, Ga) N] have
gained significant attention in recent years due to their potential for a wide range of …

Atomistic analysis of Auger recombination in -plane (In,Ga)N/GaN quantum wells: Temperature-dependent competition between radiative and nonradiative …

JM McMahon, E Kioupakis, S Schulz - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We present an atomistic theoretical study of the temperature dependence of the competition
between Auger and radiative recombination in c-plane (In, Ga) N/GaN quantum wells with …

Band gap bowing and optical polarization switching in Al Ga N alloys

C Coughlan, S Schulz, MA Caro… - physica status solidi …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present a detailed theoretical study of the band gap bowing of wurtzite AlGaN alloys
over the full composition range. Our theoretical framework is based on an atomistic tight …

Interface Roughness, Carrier Localization, and Wave Function Overlap in -Plane Quantum Wells: Interplay of Well Width, Alloy Microstructure …

DSP Tanner, JM McMahon, S Schulz - Physical Review Applied, 2018 - APS
In this work, we present a detailed analysis of the interplay of Coulomb effects and different
mechanisms that can lead to carrier-localization effects in c-plane (In, Ga) N/Ga N quantum …

Theoretical and experimental analysis of radiative recombination lifetimes in nonpolar InGaN/GaN quantum dots

S Kanta Patra, T Wang, TJ Puchtler, T Zhu… - … status solidi (b), 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present here a combined experimental and theoretical analysis of the radiative
recombination lifetime in a‐plane (11 0) InGaN/GaN quantum dots. The structures have …

Interplay between Coulomb interaction and quantum-confined Stark-effect in polar and nonpolar wurtzite InN/GaN quantum dots

S Barthel, K Schuh, O Marquardt, T Hickel… - The European Physical …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper we systematically analyze the electronic structures of polar and nonpolar
wurtzite-InN/GaN quantum dots and their modification due to the quantum-confined Stark …

Efficient side-coupling configuration for photonic crystal nanobeam cavities with micro-ring resonators

SM Zare, M Ebnali-Heidari, MR Shayesteh… - Optical and Quantum …, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents the design and optimization of a side-coupled photonic crystal
nanobeam (1D PhC) cavity incorporating micro-ring resonators and a bus waveguide for …

Direct generation of linearly polarized single photons with a deterministic axis in quantum dots

T Wang, TJ Puchtler, SK Patra, T Zhu, M Ali… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
We report the direct generation of linearly polarized single photons with a deterministic
polarization axis in self-assembled quantum dots (QDs), achieved by the use of non-polar …