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Determination of the internal piezoelectric potentials and indium concentration in InGaN based quantum wells grown on relaxed InGaN pseudo-substrates by off-axis electron holography

Cooper, D.
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Boureau, V.  
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Even, A.
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November 20, 2020
Nanotechnology

Micro light emitting diodes have been grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy on standard GaN and partly relaxed InGaNOS substrates with the purpose of incorporating higher concentrations of indium for identical growth conditions. Green emission has been demonstrated at wavelengths of 500 nm for the GaN template and 525 and 549 nm for the InGaNOS substrates, respectively. The structure, deformation, indium concentration and piezoelectric potentials have been measured with nm-scale spatial resolution in the same specimens by transmission electron microscopy. We show by off-axis electron holography that the piezoelectric potential and information about the indium concentration from the mean inner potential are obtained simultaneously. By separating the components using a model, we show that for higher concentrations of indium in the quantum wells (QWs) grown on InGaNOS substrates, the piezoelectric potentials are reduced. The measurements of the indium concentrations by electron holography have been verified by combining energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry, x-ray diffraction and from the tensile deformation made by precession electron diffraction. A discussion of the limitations of these advanced aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy techniques when applied to nm-scale QW structures is given.

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research article
DOI
10.1088/1361-6528/abad5f
Web of Science ID

WOS:000568451300001

Author(s)
Cooper, D.
Boureau, V.  
Even, A.
Barbier, F.
Dussaigne, A.
Date Issued

2020-11-20

Published in
Nanotechnology
Volume

31

Issue

47

Article Number

475705

Subjects

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Applied

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Physics

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leds

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gan

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inganos

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piezoelectric potentials

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off-axis electron holography

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precession electron diffraction

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energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

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x-ray diffraction

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differential phase-contrast

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semiconductor specimens

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strain

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resolution

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field

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