Femtosecond-laser induced two-photon absorption of GaN and Al_xGa_1-xN thin films: Tuning the nonlinear optical response by alloying and doping

authored by: M. G. Vivas, D. S. Manoel, J. Dipold, R. J. Martins, R. D. Fonseca, I. Manglano-Clavero, C. Margenfeld, A. Waag, T. Voss, C. R. Mendonca
Abstract: Semiconductors thin films are the foundation of modern technology. While the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of bulk semiconductors have been systematically studied in the last three decades, it is still a great challenge to obtain them for semiconductors thin films, as the high laser irradiance in NLO experiments tends to irreversibly damage the thin films. In addition, tuning the NLO response of semiconductor thin films by alloying and doping has not been explored yet. Here, we study the influence of the Aluminum content in Al_xGa_1-xN thin films and the n-type doping concentration in GaN thin films on their two-photon absorption (2PA) coefficients. For this, we investigate five different GaN-based thin films: an unintentionally doped one with no Al as a reference, two n-type doped GaN films with distinct concentrations of silicon impurities, and two Al_xGa_1-xN alloys with an aluminum content of 5.5% and 9.0%, respectively. The femtosecond 2PA spectra reveal that doping impurities reduce the non-linear coefficients (∼10%), while alloying with Al enhances the 2PA coefficient up to 30%. We use the model of Brandi and Araujo to determine Kane's energy parameter related to the transition matrix element for each sample and compare them with recent theoretical studies based on the k·p theory where an excellent agreement is found.
External Organisation(s): Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Popular University of Cesar
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Type: Article
Journal: Journal of alloys and compounds
Volume: 825
ISSN: 0925-8388
Publication date: 05.06.2020
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Metals and Alloys, Materials Chemistry
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153828 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{9d68b33c1f514ccdac8e1a3179620d31,
title = "Femtosecond-laser induced two-photon absorption of GaN and AlxGa1-xN thin films: Tuning the nonlinear optical response by alloying and doping",
abstract = "Semiconductors thin films are the foundation of modern technology. While the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of bulk semiconductors have been systematically studied in the last three decades, it is still a great challenge to obtain them for semiconductors thin films, as the high laser irradiance in NLO experiments tends to irreversibly damage the thin films. In addition, tuning the NLO response of semiconductor thin films by alloying and doping has not been explored yet. Here, we study the influence of the Aluminum content in AlxGa1-xN thin films and the n-type doping concentration in GaN thin films on their two-photon absorption (2PA) coefficients. For this, we investigate five different GaN-based thin films: an unintentionally doped one with no Al as a reference, two n-type doped GaN films with distinct concentrations of silicon impurities, and two AlxGa1-xN alloys with an aluminum content of 5.5% and 9.0%, respectively. The femtosecond 2PA spectra reveal that doping impurities reduce the non-linear coefficients (∼10%), while alloying with Al enhances the 2PA coefficient up to 30%. We use the model of Brandi and Araujo to determine Kane's energy parameter related to the transition matrix element for each sample and compare them with recent theoretical studies based on the k·p theory where an excellent agreement is found.",
keywords = "AlGaN thin films, Alloying and doping, Gallium nitride, Nonlinear optical properties, Spectroscopy, Two-photon absorption",
author = "Vivas, {M. G.} and Manoel, {D. S.} and J. Dipold and Martins, {R. J.} and Fonseca, {R. D.} and I. Manglano-Clavero and C. Margenfeld and A. Waag and T. Voss and Mendonca, {C. R.}",
note = "Funding information: Financial support from FAPESP (Funda{\c c}{\~a}o de Amparo {\`a} Pesquisa do Estado de S{\~a}o Paulo, grants 2018/11283-7 and 2015/20032-0 ), FAPEMIG (Funda{\c c}{\~a}o de Amparo {\`a} Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, APQ-01469-18 ), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient{\'i}fico e Tecnol{\'o}gico), Coordena{\c c}{\~a}o de Aperfei{\c c}oamento de Pessoal de N{\'i}vel Superior ( CAPES ) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research ( FA9550-15-1-0521 ) are acknowledged. A. W. and T. V. acknowledge funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ( DFG , German Research Foundation ) under Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2123/1.",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153828",
language = "English",
volume = "825",
journal = "Journal of alloys and compounds",
issn = "0925-8388",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
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Femtosecond-laser induced two-photon absorption of GaN and AlxGa1-xN thin films: Tuning the nonlinear optical response by alloying and doping

Femtosecond-laser induced two-photon absorption of GaN and Al_xGa_1-xN thin films: Tuning the nonlinear optical response by alloying and doping