Published September 7, 2015 | Version v1
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Optical properties of single wurtzite/zinc-blende ZnSe nanowires grown at low temperature

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste (Italy)
  • 2. IOM-CNR Laboratorio TASC, S. S. 14, Km. 163.5, I-34149 Trieste (Italy)
  • 3. CEA, INAC-SP2M, « Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs » Group, F-38000 Grenoble (France)
  • 4. Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble (France)
  • 5. CNRS, Institut Néel, « Nanophysique et Semiconducteurs » Group, F-38000 Grenoble (France)
  • 6. S3 NANO-CNR, Via Campi 213/A, I-41125 Modena (Italy)
  • 7. IMEM-CNR, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43010 Parma (Italy)

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ZnSe nanowires with a dominant wurtzite structure have been grown at low temperature (300 °C) by molecular beam epitaxy assisted by solid Au nanoparticles. The nanowires emission is polarized perpendicularly to their axis in agreement with the wurtzite selection rules. Alternations of wurtzite and zinc-blende regions have been observed by transmission electron microscopy, and their impact on the nanowires optical properties has been studied by microphotoluminescence. The nanowires show a dominant intense near-band-edge emission as well as the ZnSe wurtzite free exciton line. A type II band alignment between zinc-blende and wurtzite ZnSe is evidenced by time-resolved photoluminescence. From this measurement, we deduce values for the conduction and valence band offsets of 98 and 50 meV, respectively

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
118
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 095702-095702.6
ISSN
0021-8979
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