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Evaluating the Quantum Confinement Effect of Isolated ZnO Nanorod Single-Quantum-Well Structures Using Near-Field Ultraviolet Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
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- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
The Optical Society of Japan
- Citation
- Opt. Rev. 13 (2006) 218
- Keywords
- ZnO ; nanorod ; single-quantum-well structures ; quantum confinement effect
- Abstract
- Using low-temperature near-field spectroscopy, we obtained spatially and spectrally resolved photoluminescence (PL) images of individual ZnO nanorod single-quantum-well structures (SQWs) with a spatial resolution of 20 nm. We observed the dependence of the quantum confinement effect of the PL peak on the well width (L aw), from which the linewidths of near-field PL spectra of ZnO nanorod SQWs (L aw = 2.5 and 3.75 nm) were determined to be as narrow as 3 meV. However, near-field PL spectra of individual SQWs with L aw = 5.0 nm exhibited two PL peaks, presumably due to strains or defects in the ZnMgO in the nanorod SQWs. Since the exciton in a quantum structure is an ideal two-level system with long coherence times, our results provide criteria for designing nanophotonic devices.
- ISSN
- 1340-6000 (print)
1349-9432 (online)
- Language
- English
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