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Dynamics of anomalous temperature-induced emission shift in MOCVD-grown (Al,In)GaN thin films

Abstract

The authors present a comprehensive study of the optical characteristics of (Al, In)GaN epilayers measured by photoluminescence (PL), integrated PL intensity, and time-resolved PL spectroscopy. For not only InGaN, but also AlGaN epilayers with large Al content, they observed an anomalous PL temperature dependence: (i) an S-shaped PL peak energy shift (decrease-increase-decrease) and (ii) an inverted S-shaped full width at half maximum (FWHM) change (increase-decrease-increase) with increasing temperature. Based on time-resolved PL, the S shape (inverted S shape) of the PL peak position (FWHM) as a function of temperature, and the much smaller PL intensity decrease in the temperature range showing the anomalous emission behavior, the authors conclude that strong localization of carriers occurs in InGaN and even in AlGaN with rather high Al content. They observed that the following increase with increasing Al content in AlGaN epilayers: (i) a Stokes shift between the PL peak energy and the absorption edge, (ii) a redshift of the emission with decay time, (iii) the deviations of the PL peak energy, FWHM, and PL intensity from their typical temperature dependence, and (iv) the corresponding temperature range of the anomalous emission behavior. This indicates that the band-gap fluctuation responsible for these characteristics is due  More>>
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2000
Product Type:
Conference
Reference Number:
EDB-00:093737
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1999 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA (US), 11/28/1999--12/03/1999; Other Information: PBD: 2000; Related Information: In: GaN and related alloys -- 1999. Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 595, by Myers, T.H.; Feenstra, R.M.; Shur, M.S.; Amano, Hiroshi [eds.], [1050] pages.
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ALUMINIUM NITRIDES; INDIUM NITRIDES; GALLIUM NITRIDES; THIN FILMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA
OSTI ID:
20104624
Research Organizations:
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (US)
Country of Origin:
United States
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0272-9172; ISBN 1-55899-503-X; TRN: US0004773
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Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086 (US); $99.00. Prices may become outdated.
Submitting Site:
DELTA
Size:
page(s) W11.57.1-W11.57.6
Announcement Date:
Nov 08, 2000

Citation Formats

Cho, Y H, Gainer, G H, Lam, J B, Song, J J, Yang, W, and Jhe, W. Dynamics of anomalous temperature-induced emission shift in MOCVD-grown (Al,In)GaN thin films. United States: N. p., 2000. Web.
Cho, Y H, Gainer, G H, Lam, J B, Song, J J, Yang, W, & Jhe, W. Dynamics of anomalous temperature-induced emission shift in MOCVD-grown (Al,In)GaN thin films. United States.
Cho, Y H, Gainer, G H, Lam, J B, Song, J J, Yang, W, and Jhe, W. 2000. "Dynamics of anomalous temperature-induced emission shift in MOCVD-grown (Al,In)GaN thin films." United States.
@misc{etde_20104624,
title = {Dynamics of anomalous temperature-induced emission shift in MOCVD-grown (Al,In)GaN thin films}
author = {Cho, Y H, Gainer, G H, Lam, J B, Song, J J, Yang, W, and Jhe, W}
abstractNote = {The authors present a comprehensive study of the optical characteristics of (Al, In)GaN epilayers measured by photoluminescence (PL), integrated PL intensity, and time-resolved PL spectroscopy. For not only InGaN, but also AlGaN epilayers with large Al content, they observed an anomalous PL temperature dependence: (i) an S-shaped PL peak energy shift (decrease-increase-decrease) and (ii) an inverted S-shaped full width at half maximum (FWHM) change (increase-decrease-increase) with increasing temperature. Based on time-resolved PL, the S shape (inverted S shape) of the PL peak position (FWHM) as a function of temperature, and the much smaller PL intensity decrease in the temperature range showing the anomalous emission behavior, the authors conclude that strong localization of carriers occurs in InGaN and even in AlGaN with rather high Al content. They observed that the following increase with increasing Al content in AlGaN epilayers: (i) a Stokes shift between the PL peak energy and the absorption edge, (ii) a redshift of the emission with decay time, (iii) the deviations of the PL peak energy, FWHM, and PL intensity from their typical temperature dependence, and (iv) the corresponding temperature range of the anomalous emission behavior. This indicates that the band-gap fluctuation responsible for these characteristics is due to energy tail states caused by non-random inhomogeneous alloy potential variations enhanced with increasing Al content.}
place = {United States}
year = {2000}
month = {Jul}
}