Near-field magneto-photoluminescence of quantum-dot-like composition fluctuations in GaAsN and InGaAsN alloys

Near-field magneto-photoluminescence scanning microscopy has been used to investigate the structural and optical properties of quantum-dot (QD)-like compositional fluctuations in GaAsN and InGaAsN alloys. Sharp spectral lines (halfwidth 0.5–View the MathML source) from these QDs are observed at View the MathML source, and their Zeeman splitting and diamagnetic shifts are used to determine the size (r∼6–View the MathML source), density View the MathML source, and nitrogen composition. Near-field scanning images reveal phase separation effects in the distribution of nitrogen, but little effect appears from the presence or absence of indium. Indium does have a strong effect on the exciton g-factor for observations in a magnetic field.