Carrier dynamics and optical nonlinearities in a GaN epitaxial thin film under three-photon absorption
- 26 June 2018
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 123 (24) , 243101
Abstract
We studied the near-band-edge emission (NBE) and yellow defect luminescence (YL) of GaN under below bandgap excitation with 40-fs laser pulses at a wavelength of 775 nm. Even though in this case three-photon absorption processes are required for the excitation of band-to-band transitions, fourth-order (INBE ∝ Iexc4) and sub-linear (IYL ∝ Iexc0.5) dependencies were observed for the intensity of the NBE and YL as a function of the excitation intensity, respectively. Modelling the carrier dynamics with a few-level rate-equation model revealed that, for high excitation irradiances, the electron-hole population generated by three-photon absorption is such that the NBE recombination rate is intensified (exponent > 3) and, at the same time, the competition between the electron capturing and the defect-level emission rate suppresses the YL (exponent < 1).Keywords
Funding Information
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2011/12399-0,2012/00702-2)
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
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