Semiconductor alloy nanowires and nanobelts with tunable optical properties

Anlian Pan; Patricia L. Nichols; Cun-Zheng Ning

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2064159

Semiconductor alloy nanowires and nanobelts with tunable optical properties

Anlian Pan, Patricia L. Nichols, Cun-Zheng Ning

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Abstract

Recent advancements in the study of alloy semiconductor nanowires (NWs) and nanobelts are reviewed with a special perspective on their applications in optoelectronics with widely tunable bandgaps. Special emphasis is on the composition-graded alloy NWs. An extremely wide range of alloy compositions (thus bandgaps) can be achieved on a single substrate in a single growth run, creating an unprecedented materials capability that is not possible with planar epitaxial growth. Applications of such unique materials in widely tunable lasers and full-spectrum solar cells are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5579988
Pages (from-to)	808-818
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2064159
State	Published - Jul 2011

Keywords

Nanowires (NWs)
optoelectronics
photovoltaic effects
semiconductor alloys
semiconductor lasers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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