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HL: Fachverband Halbleiterphysik
HL 37: Quantum Dots and Wires: Optical Properties III
HL 37.7: Talk
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:15–11:30, H15
Single As-grown AlxGa1−xAs Nanowires Probed by Raman Spectroscopy — •Benjamin Buick1, Eugen Speiser1,2, Paola Prete3, Pasquale Paiano4, Nicola Lovergine4, and Wolfgang Richter1 — 1Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy — 2ISAS Department Berlin, Berlin, Germany — 3IMM-CNR di Lecce, Lecce, Italy — 4CNISM di Lecce and Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
III-V compounds nanowires (NWs) are of central interest due to their innovative physical properties and potential applications in electronic and photo-electronic devices. Freestanding AlGaAs NWs were grown by MOVPE by the Vapor Liquid Solid method along the (111) direction on GaAs(111) substrates.
Raman measurements were performed on single as-grown NWs with a scanning confocal micro-Raman spectrometer. Rayleigh imaging, was applied to locate individual NWs and define their position for Raman measurements.
The spectra of the AlGaAs NWs exhibit two-mode behavior: GaAs- and AlAs-like modes which were exploited to determine the stoichiometry. Its dependence on the growth temperature was determined. The Raman spectra show two sets of GaAs- and AlAs-like modes indicating regions with different stoichiometries within a single NW. The composition gradient oft the NWs can be understood as the unintentional formation of a core-shell structure. Furthermore, the presence of coupled plasmon-LO phonon peaks in the spectra was related to (unintentional) doping of the NWs.