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On the nature of light emission in polar GaN/(AlGa)N quantum wells

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Light emission in polar group-III nitride quantum wells (QWs) optically pumped at densities significantly below the lasing threshold is usually interpreted in terms of excitons. Whereas thin GaN QWs with fast radiative lifetimes are employed in light-emitting devices, the excitons in thick QWs (typ. 7nm) are characterized by a non-zero dipole moment and long radiative lifetimes, due to the built-in electric field. These features result in many interesting properties of dipolar excitons: they can propagate over large distances and thus cool down to the lattice temperature before recombination, offering the possibility for studies of cold and dense gas of interacting bosons. In this context, two important issues must be addressed: the strength of the exciton-exciton interaction, and the excitonic Mott transition, that sets the maximum density of excitons. Combining spatially and time-resolved photoluminescence in different excitation geometries, we provide a set of experimental data showing that the emission linewidth is proportional to the emission energy in a wide range of carrier densities and temperatures. The proportionality coefficient is almost temperature independent. These results are compared to the existing data in various material systems and discussed in terms of the Mott transition and its criteria, exciton-exciton interaction and its possible contribution to the linewidth, as well as the role of disorder in the density-dependent emission spectra.
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hal-01932705 , version 1 (23-11-2018)

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Maria Vladimirova, Thierry Guillet, Christelle Brimont, Denis Scalbert, Benoit Jouault, et al.. On the nature of light emission in polar GaN/(AlGa)N quantum wells. International Conference on Hybrid Photonics and Materials, Sep 2017, Miconos, Greece. ⟨hal-01932705⟩
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