Abstract
GaN films were grown by the MBE method on LiGaO2 substrates. Photoluminescence (PL) of the epitaxial films has been studied to characterize the films ex situ. The room-temperature PL spectrum contains an edge PL band and also a broad band of deep-level emission at 2.6 eV. This deep-level emission becomes very small in comparison with the edge emission at helium temperatures. Analysis of the low-temperature data suggests that the films contain both hexagonal and cubic crystallites. The main PL lines at 5.7 K are due to emission of excitons bound on neutral donors in hexagonal and cubic phases of the epitaxial film (3.472 eV and 3.263 eV), D-A pair recombination (3.154 eV) and also free electron-neutral acceptor transition (3.185 eV) in c-GaN. The involved acceptor has a binding energy of about 115 meV.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-63 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Semiconductor Science and Technology |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1997 |
Keywords
- GaN films
- gallium nitride
- III-nitrides