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Time-resolved photoluminescence investigations on HfO2-capped InP nanowires

Muench, S. ; Reitzenstein, S. ; Borgström, Magnus LU ; Thelander, Claes LU ; Samuelson, Lars LU ; Worschech, L. and Forchel, A. (2010) In Nanotechnology 21(10).
Abstract
We have employed time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy to study the impact of HfO2 surface capping by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on the optical properties of InP nanowires (NWs). The deposition of high-kappa dielectrics acting as a gate oxide is of particular interest in view of possible applications of semiconductor NWs in future wrap-gated field effect transistors (FETs). A high number of charged states at the NW-dielectrics interface can strongly degrade the performance of the FET which explains the strong interest in high quality deposition of high-kappa dielectrics. In the present work we show that time-resolved spectroscopy is a valuable and direct tool to monitor the surface quality of HfO2-capped InP NWs. In... (More)
We have employed time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy to study the impact of HfO2 surface capping by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on the optical properties of InP nanowires (NWs). The deposition of high-kappa dielectrics acting as a gate oxide is of particular interest in view of possible applications of semiconductor NWs in future wrap-gated field effect transistors (FETs). A high number of charged states at the NW-dielectrics interface can strongly degrade the performance of the FET which explains the strong interest in high quality deposition of high-kappa dielectrics. In the present work we show that time-resolved spectroscopy is a valuable and direct tool to monitor the surface quality of HfO2-capped InP NWs. In particular, we have studied the impact of ALD process parameters as well as surface treatment prior to the oxide capping on the NW-dielectrics interface quality. The best results in terms of the surface recombination velocity (S-0 = 9.5 x 10(3) cm s(-1)) were obtained for InP/GaP core/shell NWs in combination with a low temperature (100 degrees C) ALD process. While the present report focuses on the InP material system, our method of addressing the surface treatment for semiconductors with high-kappa dielectrics will also be applicable to nanoelectronic devices based on other III/V material systems such as InAs. (Less)
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10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105711
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  author       = {{Muench, S. and Reitzenstein, S. and Borgström, Magnus and Thelander, Claes and Samuelson, Lars and Worschech, L. and Forchel, A.}},
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  series       = {{Nanotechnology}},
  title        = {{Time-resolved photoluminescence investigations on HfO2-capped InP nanowires}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105711}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105711}},
  volume       = {{21}},
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