Al _X Ga_1-X N Cladding Effect on Intraband Absorption of InGaN Disk Embedded in GaN Nanowire

The electronic intraband absorption in InGaN nanodisks embedded in GaN nanowires with several kinds of cladding materials and without cladding was theoretically investigated. The cladding layer was 5 nm thick, and AlN, GaN, and Al_0.4Ga_0.6N were considered. The strain distribution, internal electric field, and intraband absorption in the nanodisks were calculated using the elastic energy minimization method and the single-band Schrodinger equation implemented in Nextnano3. For a plain nanowire without cladding, an inhomogeneous strain in the disk caused a piezoelectric field and deformation potential, yielding band-bending and a higher electron probability density in the periphery of the disk. An InGaN nanodisk embedded in a cladding GaN nanowire exhibited a higher intraband absorption. The case of the GaN cladding was optimal owing to the homogeneous surroundings of the disk.