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Kousar B, Carrad DJ, Stampfer L, Krogstrup P, Nygård J, Jespersen TS. InAs/MoRe Hybrid Semiconductor/Superconductor Nanowire Devices. Nano Lett 2022; 22:8845-8851. [PMID: 36332116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Implementing superconductors capable of proximity-inducing a large energy gap in semiconductors in the presence of strong magnetic fields is a major goal toward applications of semiconductor/superconductor hybrid materials in future quantum information technologies. Here, we study the performance of devices consisting of InAs nanowires in electrical contact with molybdenum-rhenium (MoRe) superconducting alloys. The MoRe thin films exhibit transition temperatures of ∼10 K and critical fields exceeding 6 T. Normal/superconductor devices enabled tunnel spectroscopy of the corresponding induced superconductivity, which was maintained up to ∼10 K, and MoRe-based Josephson devices exhibited supercurrents and multiple Andreev reflections. We determine an induced superconducting gap lower than expected from the transition temperature and observe gap softening at finite magnetic field. These may be common features for hybrids based on large-gap, type II superconductors. The results encourage further development of MoRe-based hybrids.
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- Bilal Kousar
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100Copenhagen, Denmark
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel, 38000Grenoble, France
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Carrad DJ, Stampfer L, Ols Teins DG, Petersen CEN, Khan SA, Krogstrup P, Jespersen TS. Photon-Assisted Tunneling of High-Order Multiple Andreev Reflections in Epitaxial Nanowire Josephson Junctions. Nano Lett 2022; 22:6262-6267. [PMID: 35862144 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Semiconductor/superconductor hybrids exhibit a range of phenomena that can be exploited for the study of novel physics and the development of new technologies. Understanding the origin of the energy spectrum of such hybrids is therefore a crucial goal. Here, we study Josephson junctions defined by shadow epitaxy on InAsSb/Al nanowires. The devices exhibit gate-tunable supercurrents at low temperatures and multiple Andreev reflections (MARs) at finite voltage bias. Under microwave irradiation, photon-assisted tunneling (PAT) of MARs produces characteristic oscillating sidebands at quantized energies, which depend on MAR order, n, in agreement with a recently suggested modification of the classical Tien-Gordon equation. The scaling of the quantized energy spacings with microwave frequency provides independent confirmation of the effective charge, ne, transferred by the nth-order tunneling process. The measurements suggest PAT as a powerful method for assigning the origin of low-energy spectral features in hybrid Josephson devices.
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- Damon James Carrad
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Danish National Metrology Institute, Kogle Alle 5, 2970 Hørsholm, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Stampfer L, Carrad DJ, Olsteins D, Petersen CEN, Khan SA, Krogstrup P, Jespersen TS. Andreev Interference in the Surface Accumulation Layer of Half-Shell InAsSb/Al Hybrid Nanowires. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2108878. [PMID: 35050545 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202108878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Understanding the spatial distribution of charge carriers in III-V nanowires proximity coupled to superconductors is important for the design and interpretation of experiments based on hybrid quantum devices. In this letter, the gate-dependent surface accumulation layer of half-shell InAsSb/Al nanowires is studied by means of Andreev interference in a parallel magnetic field. Both uniform hybrid nanowires and devices featuring a short Josephson junction fabricated by shadow lithography, exhibit periodic modulation of the switching current. The period corresponds to a flux quantum through the nanowire diameter and is consistent with Andreev bound states occupying a cylindrical surface accumulation layer. The spatial distribution is tunable by a gate potential as expected from electrostatic models.
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- Lukas Stampfer
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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Khan SA, Stampfer L, Mutas T, Kang JH, Krogstrup P, Jespersen TS. Multiterminal Quantized Conductance in InSb Nanocrosses. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2100078. [PMID: 34075631 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202100078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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By studying the time-dependent axial and radial growth of InSb nanowires (NWs), the conditions for the synthesis of single-crystalline InSb nanocrosses (NCs) by molecular beam epitaxy are mapped. Low-temperature electrical measurements of InSb NC devices with local gate control on individual terminals exhibit quantized conductance and are used to probe the spatial distribution of the conducting channels. Tuning to a situation where the NC junction is connected by few-channel quantum point contacts in the connecting NW terminals, it is shown that transport through the junction is ballistic except close to pinch-off. Combined with a new concept for shadow-epitaxy of patterned superconductors on NCs, the structures reported here show promise for the realization of non-trivial topological states in multi-terminal Josephson junctions.
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- Sabbir A Khan
- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building, Lyngby, 310, 2800, Denmark
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Dahm RT, Erlandsen R, Trier F, Sambri A, Gennaro ED, Guarino A, Stampfer L, Christensen DV, Granozio FM, Jespersen TS. Size-Controlled Spalling of LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 Micromembranes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:12341-12346. [PMID: 33661598 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c21612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The ability to form freestanding oxide membranes of nanoscale thickness is of great interest for enabling material functionality and for integrating oxides in flexible electronic and photonic technologies. Recently, a route has been demonstrated for forming conducting heterostructure membranes of LaAlO3 and SrTiO3, the canonical system for oxide electronics. In this route, the epitaxial growth of LaAlO3 on SrTiO3 resulted in a strained state that relaxed by producing freestanding membranes with random sizes and locations. Here, we extend the method to enable self-formed LaAlO3/SrTiO3 micromembranes with control over membrane position, their lateral sizes from 2 to 20 μm, and with controlled transfer to other substrates of choice. This method opens up the possibility to study and use the two-dimensional electron gas in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 membranes for advanced device concepts.
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- Rasmus T Dahm
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- CNR-SPIN, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica "E. Pancini", Compl. Univ. di Monte S. Angelo, Università di Napoli "Federico II", Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Technologies of Matter, CNR-DSFTM NFFA Trieste Area Science Park, Basovizza Strada Statale 14, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Fysikvej, Building 310, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Khan SA, Lampadaris C, Cui A, Stampfer L, Liu Y, Pauka SJ, Cachaza ME, Fiordaliso EM, Kang JH, Korneychuk S, Mutas T, Sestoft JE, Krizek F, Tanta R, Cassidy MC, Jespersen TS, Krogstrup P. Highly Transparent Gatable Superconducting Shadow Junctions. ACS Nano 2020; 14:14605-14615. [PMID: 32396328 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Gate-tunable junctions are key elements in quantum devices based on hybrid semiconductor-superconductor materials. They serve multiple purposes ranging from tunnel spectroscopy probes to voltage-controlled qubit operations in gatemon and topological qubits. Common to all is that junction transparency plays a critical role. In this study, we grow single-crystalline InAs, InSb, and InAs1-xSbx semiconductor nanowires with epitaxial Al, Sn, and Pb superconductors and in situ shadowed junctions in a single-step molecular beam epitaxy process. We investigate correlations between fabrication parameters, junction morphologies, and electronic transport properties of the junctions and show that the examined in situ shadowed junctions are of significantly higher quality than the etched junctions. By varying the edge sharpness of the shadow junctions, we show that the sharpest edges yield the highest junction transparency for all three examined semiconductors. Further, critical supercurrent measurements reveal an extraordinarily high ICRN, close to the KO-2 limit. This study demonstrates a promising engineering path toward reliable gate-tunable superconducting qubits.
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- Sabbir A Khan
- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Sydney, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Sydney, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab Copenhagen, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Li X, Zhang K, Treu J, Stampfer L, Koblmueller G, Toor F, Prineas JP. Contactless Optical Characterization of Carrier Dynamics in Free-Standing InAs-InAlAs Core-Shell Nanowires on Silicon. Nano Lett 2019; 19:990-996. [PMID: 30620205 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Contactless time-resolved optical pump-probe and external quantum efficiency measurements were performed in epitaxially grown free-standing wurtzite indium arsenide/indium aluminum arsenide (InAs-InAlAs) core-shell nanowires on Si (111) substrate from 77 to 293 K. The first independent investigation of Shockley-Read-Hall, radiative, and Auger recombination in InAs-based NWs is presented. Although the Shockley-Read-Hall recombination coefficient was found to be at least 2 orders of magnitude larger than the average experimental values of other reported InAs materials, the Auger recombination coefficient was reported to be 10-fold smaller. The very low Auger and high radiative rates result in an estimated peak internal quantum efficiency of the core-shell nanowires as high as 22% at 77 K, making these nanowires of potential interest for high-efficiency mid-infrared emitters. A greater than 2-fold enhancement in minority carrier lifetime was observed from capping nanowires with a thin InAlAs shell due to the passivation of surface defects.
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- Walter Schottky Institut and Physics Department , Technical University Munich , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and Physics Department , Technical University Munich , Garching 85748 , Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institut and Physics Department , Technical University Munich , Garching 85748 , Germany
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