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Optical Characterization of Bulk GaN Grown from a Na/Ga Flux

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

K. Palle ,
L. Chen ,
H. X. Liu ,
B. J. Skromme ,
H. Yamane ,
M. Aoki ,
C. B. Hoffman  and
F. J. DiSalvo
K. Palle
Affiliation:
Dept of Electrical Engineering and Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287–5706, U.S.A.
L. Chen
Affiliation:
Dept of Electrical Engineering and Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287–5706, U.S.A.
H. X. Liu
Affiliation:
Dept of Electrical Engineering and Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287–5706, U.S.A.
B. J. Skromme
Affiliation:
Dept of Electrical Engineering and Center for Solid State Electronics Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287–5706, U.S.A.
H. Yamane
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Materials Processing, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8577, Japan
M. Aoki
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Materials Processing, Tohoku University, Sendai 980–8577, Japan
C. B. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, U.S.A.
F. J. DiSalvo
Affiliation:
Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Bulk GaN crystals up to several mm in size, grown by a Na/Ga flux method, have been characterized using room and low temperature photoluminescence (PL) and panchromatic cathodoluminescence (CL) imaging. Highly resolved excitonic PL spectra are obtained for material grown in a new, large-scale reactor. The crystal polarity affects the incorporation of residual Zn and Mg or Si acceptors and the deep level luminescence bands in c-oriented platelets. A Zn (A°,X) triplet structure with unusual thermalization properties and a highly resolved structural defect related PL peak are observed. Striations are found in some of the smaller platelets by CL imaging, but are absent in the prismatic crystals.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 743: Symposium L – GaN and Related Alloys , 2002 , L3.36
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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