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Title
Electrical polarization in AlN/GaN nanodisks measured by momentum-resolved 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy
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Abstract
We report the mapping of polarization-induced internal electric fields in AlN/GaN nanowire heterostructures at unit cell resolution as a key for the correlation of optical and structural phenomena in semiconductor optoelectronics. Momentum-resolved aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy is employed as a new imaging mode that simultaneously provides four-dimensional data in real and reciprocal space. We demonstrate how internal mesoscale and atomic electric fields can be separated in an experiment, which is verified by comprehensive dynamical simulations of multiple electron scattering. A mean difference of 5.3±1.5  MV/cm is found for the polarization-induced electric fields in AlN and GaN, being in accordance with dedicated simulations and photoluminescence measurements in previous publications.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review letters. - New York, N.Y., 1958, currens
Publication
New York, N.Y. : American Physical Society , 2019
ISSN
0031-9007 [print]
1079-7114 [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.122.106102
Volume/pages
122 :10 (2019) , 6 p.
Article Reference
106102
ISI
000461067700007
Pubmed ID
30932647
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Picometer metrology for light-element nanostructures: making every electron count (PICOMETRICS).
Bringing light atoms to light: precise characterization of light-atom nanostructures using transmission electron microscopy.
SOLARPAINT: Understanding the durability of light sensitive materials: transferring insights between solar cell physics and the chemistry of paintings.
Smart strategies to break the beam damage limits in transmission electron microscopy.
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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