Direct Band Gap AlGaAs Wurtzite Nanowires.

Barettin, Daniele; Shtrom, Igor V; Reznik, Rodion R; Mikushev, Sergey V; Cirlin, George E; Auf der Maur, Matthias; Akopian, Nika · Nano Lett · 2023

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Wurtzite AlGaAs is a technologically promising yet unexplored material. Here we study it both experimentally and numerically. We develop a complete numerical model based on an 8-band <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mover><mi>k</mi><mo>→</mo></mover><mo>·</mo><mover><mi>p</mi><mo>→</mo></mover></math> method, including electromechanical fields, and calculate the optoelectronic properties of wurtzite AlGaAs nanowires with different Al content. We then compare them with our experimental data. Our results strongly suggest that wurtzite AlGaAs is a direct band gap material. Moreover, we have also numerically obtained the band gap of wurtzite AlAs and the valence band offset between AlAs and GaAs in the wurtzite symmetry.