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Growth and optical properties of InxGa1−xP nanowires synthesized by selective-area epitaxy

Berg, Alexander LU ; Caroff, Philippe LU ; Shahid, Naeem ; Lockrey, Mark N. ; Yuan, Xiaoming ; Borgström, Magnus T. LU ; Tan, Hark Hoe and Jagadish, Chennupati (2017) In Nano Research 10(2). p.672-682
Abstract

Ternary III–V nanowires (NWs) cover a wide range of wavelengths in the solar spectrum and would greatly benefit from being synthesized as position-controlled arrays for improved vertical yield, reproducibility, and tunable optical absorption. Here, we report on successful selective-area epitaxy of metal-particle-free vertical InxGa1−xP NW arrays using metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy and detail their optical properties. A systematic growth study establishes the range of suitable growth parameters to obtain uniform NW growth over a large array. The optical properties of the NWs were characterized by room-temperature cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Tunability of the emission wavelength from 870 nm to approximately... (More)

Ternary III–V nanowires (NWs) cover a wide range of wavelengths in the solar spectrum and would greatly benefit from being synthesized as position-controlled arrays for improved vertical yield, reproducibility, and tunable optical absorption. Here, we report on successful selective-area epitaxy of metal-particle-free vertical InxGa1−xP NW arrays using metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy and detail their optical properties. A systematic growth study establishes the range of suitable growth parameters to obtain uniform NW growth over a large array. The optical properties of the NWs were characterized by room-temperature cathodoluminescence spectroscopy. Tunability of the emission wavelength from 870 nm to approximately 800 nm was achieved. Transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray measurements performed on cross-section samples revealed a pure wurtzite crystal structure with very few stacking faults and a slight composition gradient along the NW growth axis. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

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cathodoluminescence, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, InGaP, nanowire, selective-area epitaxy
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Nano Research
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11 pages
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1998-0124
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10.1007/s12274-016-1325-1
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  author       = {{Berg, Alexander and Caroff, Philippe and Shahid, Naeem and Lockrey, Mark N. and Yuan, Xiaoming and Borgström, Magnus T. and Tan, Hark Hoe and Jagadish, Chennupati}},
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  title        = {{Growth and optical properties of In<sub>x</sub>Ga<sub>1−x</sub>P nanowires synthesized by selective-area epitaxy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1325-1}},
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