Optical Properties of Mn-doped GaN

Autor: Matthew R. Phillips, Axel Hoffmann, Enno Malguth, Ewa M. Goldys, O. Gelhausen, T. Graf, M. Gjukic, Martin Strassburg, Martin Stutzmann
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 798
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/proc-798-y8.5
Popis: Molecular beam epitaxy-grown GaN with different Mn concentrations (5–23 × 10 cm-3) and codoped with Si were investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy and optical transmission measurements. In the GaN:Mn, an intense absorption peak at 1.414 +/- 0.002 eV was observed. This peak was attributed to an internal T2∼> E transition of the deep neutral Mn3+ state since its intensity scaled with the Mn3+ concentration. The CL measurements showed that Mn-doping concentrations around 1020 cm-3 had three effects on the emission spectrum: (i) the donor bound exciton at 3.460 eV was reduced by more than one order of magnitude, (ii) the donor-acceptor-pair band at 3.27 eV was completely quenched and (iii) the yellow luminescence centered at 2.2 eV was the strongly decreased. The latter two effects were attributed to a reduced concentration of VGa. In the infrared spectral range, three broad, Mn-doping related CL emission bands centered at 1.01 ± 0.02 eV, 1.09 ± 0.02 eV and 1.25 ± 0.03 eV were observed. These bands might be related to deep donor complexes, which are generated as a result of the heavy Mn-doping, rather than internal transitions at the Mn atom.
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