Spatially Resolved Micro-Luminescence from GaN/AlGaN Quantum Dots

We report on the optical experiments performed on low density GaN/AlGaN quantum dots grown on sapphire substrate using SiN during the growth process. The existence of quantum dots in the investigated structures was confirmed by atomic force microscopy. Although macro-luminescence of the investigated structures consist of broad emission lines the micro-photoluminescence experiments performed with the spatial resolution of 0.25 μm revealed sharp emission lines from the individual quantum dot in the energy range of 3.20-3.55 eV. It is shown that the magnetic fields up to 7 T do not influence significantly the electronic states of the dots.