The near band edge photoluminescence of cubic GaN epilayers
- 10 March 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 70 (10) , 1311-1313
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118521
Abstract
The near band edge photoluminescence (PL) of cubic GaN epilayers grown by radio frequency (rf) plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on (100) GaAs is measured. Since the PL is excited with an unfocused laser beam it resembles the layer properties rather than the properties of micron-size inclusions or micro crystals. The low temperature PL spectra show well separated lines at 3.26 and 3.15 eV which are due to excitonic and donor-acceptor pair transitions (donor binding energy 25 meV, acceptor binding energy 130 meV). No emission above the band gap of the cubic phase is detected. PL results are confirmed by x-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy which reveal only negligible contributions from hexagonal inclusions and micron size single crystals. The room temperature PL consists of an emission band at about 3.21 eV with a full width at half maximum of 117 meV.Keywords
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