Polarized light absorption in wurtzite InP nanowire ensembles

Marta De Luca; Attilio Zilli; H. Aruni Fonseka; Sudha Mokkapati; Antonio Miriametro; Hark Hoe Tan; Leigh Morris Smith; Chennupati Jagadish; Mario Capizzi; Antonio Polimeni

doi:10.1021/nl5038374

Polarized light absorption in wurtzite InP nanowire ensembles

Marta De Luca, Attilio Zilli, H. Aruni Fonseka, Sudha Mokkapati, Antonio Miriametro, Hark Hoe Tan, Leigh Morris Smith, Chennupati Jagadish, Mario Capizzi, Antonio Polimeni^*

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We investigate the absorption properties of ensembles of wurtzite (WZ) InP nanowires (NWs) by high-resolution polarization-resolved photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy at T = 10 K. The degree of linear polarization of absorbed light, φ_abs, resulting from the PLE spectra is governed by a competition between the dielectric mismatch effect and the WZ selection rules acting differently on different optical transitions. These two contributions are deconvoluted with the help of finite-difference time-domain simulations, thus providing information about the symmetry of the three highest valence bands (A, B, and C) of WZ InP and the extent of the spin-orbit interaction on these states. Moreover, φ_abs shows two characteristic dips corresponding to the two sharp A and B exciton resonances in the PLE spectra. A model developed for the dip in A provides the first experimental evidence of an enhancement in the dielectric mismatch effect originating from the Coulomb interaction between electron and hole.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	998-1005
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl5038374
Publication status	Published - 11 Feb 2015

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