Optical energies of AllnN epilayers

Optical energy gaps are measured for high-quality Al_(1-x)In_xN-on-GaN epilayers with a range of compositions around the lattice match point using photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy. These data are combined with structural data to determine the compositional dependence o...

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Autor: Nogales Díaz, Emilio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/52123
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52123
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Vapor-phase epitaxy
Quantum-wells
Gan
Alloys
Films
Física del estado sólido
Física matemática
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:Optical energy gaps are measured for high-quality Al_(1-x)In_xN-on-GaN epilayers with a range of compositions around the lattice match point using photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy. These data are combined with structural data to determine the compositional dependence of emission and absorption energies. The trend indicates a very large bowing parameter of ≈ to 6 eV and differences with earlier reports are discussed. Very large Stokes' shifts of 0.4-0.8 eV are observed in the composition range 0.13 < x < 0.24, increasing approximately linearly with InN fraction despite the change of sign of the piezoelectric field.