Red emission from Eu-doped GaN luminescent films grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
- 7 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 83 (1) , 9-11
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1590738
Abstract
Bright red emission has been obtained at room temperature from Eu-doped GaN films pumped by 325 nm HeCd laser. The luminescent films were grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on GaN/Al2O3 substrates. Trimethylgallium (TMGa), ammonia (NH3), and europium 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate were used as sources for Ga, N, and Eu dopant, respectively. The influence of the V/III ratio during growth on the photoluminescence (PL) intensity has been studied using a fixed TMGa flow rate of 92 μmol/min and varying the NH3 flow rate. The film growth rate (∼2 μm/h) is nearly constant with V/III ratio over the range from ∼30 to ∼1000. The Eu incorporation in GaN films was found to decrease with increasing V/III ratio. The Eu PL intensity (normalized to the Eu concentration) exhibited a maximum at a V/III ratio of ∼100.Keywords
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