Microstructure study of a degraded pseudomorphic separate confinement heterostructure blue-green laser diode

Hua, G. C.; Ōtsuka, N.; Grillo, D. C.; Fan, Y.; Han, Jung; Ringle, M.; Gunshor, R. L.; Hovinen, M.; Nurmikko, A. V.

doi:10.1063/1.112042

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“…In this context, it did come as a surprise to us when Ref. 1 recently observed that pairs of stacking faults 2,3 bounded by Frank partial dislocations in ZnSe quantum-well structures showed up as pairs of bright spots in microphotoluminescence images. 1 Moreover, it was shown by electron microscopy 1 that these bow-tie-shaped defects are very closely identical in shape, size, and orientation with respect to the crystallographic axes.…”

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Near-field photoluminescence imaging of single defects in a ZnSe quantum-well structure at low temperatures

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Rabenstein

et al. 2000

Applied Physics Letters

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Single bright-spot, bow-tie-shaped defects in a ZnSe heterostructure are spectroscopically imaged with 200 nm spatial resolution at a sample temperature of 20 K. The local thickness variations in the single ZnSe quantum-well lead to a lateral double-well potential resulting in a shift and enhancement of the quantum-well photoluminescence. The luminescence images of the ZnMgSSe barrier material are governed by nonradiative recombination at the four associated Frank partial dislocations.

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Near-field photoluminescence imaging of single defects in a ZnSe quantum-well structure at low temperatures

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Rabenstein

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Applied Physics Letters

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“…These strains are relaxed by formation of structural defects like stacking faults and dislocations. Existing stacking faults and other defects near the interface, like the case of ZnSe grown on GaAs [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] are frequently the sources of new dislocations which propagate from the interface into the epitaxial epilayer [19] sometimes leading to internal micro-cracks.…”

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“…Several reports on ZnSe-based heterostructures have shown that formation of structural defects at the ZnSe/GaAs interface plays a crucial role in the degradation process [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Strains induced by the lattice mismatch between the substrate and the epilayer lead to creation of many crystal defects (point defects, dislocations, V-shape stacking faults etc) near the interface.…”

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Effect of hydrostatic pressure on degradation of CdTe/CdMgTe heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs substrates

Wasik

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Siwiec-Matuszyk

et al. 2001

Journal of Applied Physics

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We have shown that external hydrostatic pressure leads to the creation of structural defects, mainly in the vicinity of the II-VI/GaAs interface in the CdTe/Cd 1-x Mg x Te heterostructures grown by the molecular beam epitaxy method on GaAs substrates.These defects propagating across the epilayer cause permanent damage to the samples from the point of view of their electrical properties. In contrast, photoluminescence spectra are only weakly influenced by pressure. Our results shed light on the degradation process observed even without pressure in II-VI -based heterostructures.2

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“…[1][2][3][4] Considerable effort has been put into reducing the stacking fault density to less than the critical value of 10 4 cm Ϫ2 in order to obtain a laser diode with no extended defects in its stripe area ͑typically, 10 mϫ600 m͒. At present, a 100 h lifetime continuouswave laser diode operating at room temperature has been achieved with a stacking fault density lower than 3 ϫ10 3 cm…”

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Defect annealing in a II–VI laser diode structure under intense optical excitation

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Donegan

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Defect annealing under intense pulsed optical excitation has been observed in a II-VI laser diode structure at room temperature. More than one order of magnitude increase in photoluminescence intensity has been obtained when the annealed area is probed at low excitation intensity. High-resolution confocal photoluminescence images of the annealed region do not show any sign of degradation. Together, these results suggest that an initial density of intrinsic point defects present within the active region can be removed by the optical annealing. Recombination-enhanced defect reactions in the vicinity of the point defects are responsible for this nonthermal annealing effect. © 1998 American Institute of Physics. ͓S0003-6951͑98͒00502-6͔Macroscopic defects originating at the GaAs/ZnSe heterointerface such as stacking faults and threading dislocations have been recognized to be the main cause of the rapid degradation and, therefore, the very short operating lifetime of II-VI-based laser diodes.1-4 Considerable effort has been put into reducing the stacking fault density to less than the critical value of 10 4 cm Ϫ2 in order to obtain a laser diode with no extended defects in its stripe area ͑typically, 10 mϫ600 m͒. At present, a 100 h lifetime continuouswave laser diode operating at room temperature has been achieved with a stacking fault density lower than 3 ϫ10 3 cm Ϫ2. 5 For further improvement, slower degradation mechanisms, such as point defect diffusion and reaction, need better understanding.It has been shown recently that recombination-enhanced defect reaction ͑REDR͒ is the driving force of the degradation in relatively long-lived II-VI light-emitting diodes. Recombination-enhanced processes in semiconductors have been thoroughly studied over the years.7-9 REDR describes how the energy released by nonradiative carrier trapping at point defect sites can excite localized vibrational modes of the defect and of the surrounding atoms, before being dissipated through lattice phonons. This energy can be used to promote defect motion and reaction, inducing defect multiplication ͑degradation͒, or, alternatively, defect reduction ͑annealing͒.In this letter we report an improvement in photoluminescence ͑PL͒ efficiency in a II-VI laser diode structure using high intensity laser excitation. Instead of observing degradation, we find that the PL efficiency increases as a function of time through optical annealing of the II-VI material. PL maps of the annealed area were also performed using a confocal microscope 10 setup ͑0.5 m resolution͒ and show that no degradation occurred in the active region during the annealing process.The sample studied was a ZnCdSe/ZnSSe/ZnMgSSe single quantum well separate-confinement heterostructure ͑SCH͒ grown by molecular beam epitaxy ͑MBE͒. The SCH structure is similar to the laser structure reported before, 5 except that a part of the p-type layer has been removed by chemical etching to allow optical pumping to be performed. The sample was annealed at room temperature by optical excitation using...

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Microstructure study of a degraded pseudomorphic separate confinement heterostructure blue-green laser diode

Cited by 131 publications

References 7 publications

Near-field photoluminescence imaging of single defects in a ZnSe quantum-well structure at low temperatures

Near-field photoluminescence imaging of single defects in a ZnSe quantum-well structure at low temperatures

Effect of hydrostatic pressure on degradation of CdTe/CdMgTe heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs substrates

Defect annealing in a II–VI laser diode structure under intense optical excitation

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