Probing the internal electric field in GaN/AlGaN nanowire heterostructures.

Müssener, Jan; Teubert, Jörg; Hille, Pascal; Schäfer, Markus; Schörmann, Jörg; de la Mata, Maria; Arbiol, Jordi; Eickhoff, Martin · Nano Lett · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We demonstrate the direct analysis of polarization-induced internal electric fields in single GaN/Al0.3Ga0.7N nanodiscs embedded in GaN/AlN nanowire heterostructures. Superposition of an external electric field with different polarity results in compensation or enhancement of the quantum-confined Stark effect in the nanodiscs. By field-dependent analysis of the low temperature photoluminescence energy and intensity, we prove the [0001̅]-polarity of the nanowires and determine the internal electric field strength to 1.5 MV/cm.