Abstract
In this work, the broadening of interband transitions in InGaN/GaN quantum wells (QWs) resulting from structural inhomogeneities is analyzed. The role of a polarization-induced electric field in the mechanism behind the inhomogeneous broadening observed in photoluminescence (PL) and electromodulated reflectance (ER) spectra of InGaN QWs dedicated to green/blue lasers is explained. Spectra of both polar and nonpolar QWs are simulated within the random QW model distinguishing contributions of individual transitions taking into account QW inhomogeneities (QW width and indium content fluctuations). On this basis, we interpret the ER and PL spectra measured for a polar multiple QW InGaN/GaN structure. The built-in electric field shifts the emission wavelength to red and enhances the broadening of optical transitions. It is clearly shown that for polar QWs the Stokes shift can be easily overestimated if PL spectra are compared with ER spectra since the intensity of the fundamental transition observed in ER spectra significantly decreases with the increase in QW width. In this way, an ER signal related to excited states starts to dominate. This effect is strongly enhanced by QW inhomogeneities.
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