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Time Resolved Optical Studies of InGaN Layers Grown on LGO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Maurice Cheung ,
Gon Namkoong ,
Madalina Furis ,
Fei Chen ,
Alexander. N. Cartwright ,
W. Alan Doolittle  and
April Brown
Maurice Cheung
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Gon Namkoong
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Madalina Furis
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Fei Chen
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
Alexander. N. Cartwright
Affiliation:
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, U.S.A.
W. Alan Doolittle
Affiliation:
Geogia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
April Brown
Affiliation:
Duke University, Durham, NC
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Abstract

Radiative recombination processes in bulk InGaN grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on lithium gallate (LGO or LiGaO2) substrates were investigated using microscopic PL and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL). The improved structural quality resulting from a better lattice match of the LGO substrate to III-V nitride materials simplifies these investigations because well-defined composition phases can be analyzed for both homogeneous and phased separated InGaN samples. Epilayers of InGaN intentionally grown with and without indium segregation were studied. X-ray diffraction measurements showed that the homogeneous epilayer was high quality In0.208Ga0.702N and the segregated epilayer exhibited peaks corresponding to both In0.289Ga0.711N and In0.443Ga0.557N indicating the presence of higher In concentration regions in this sample. Spatially resolved photoluminescence spectra confirm the existence of these regions. The photoluminescence intensity decay is non-exponential for both samples and a stretched exponential fit to the decay data confirms the existence of local potential fluctuations in which carriers are localized before recombination.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 743: Symposium L – GaN and Related Alloys , 2002 , L11.6
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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