Fine Structure of the Blue Photoluminescence in High-Purity Hexagonal GaN Films

Author: Gruzintsev A.N.   Kaiser U.   Khodos I.I.   Richter W.  

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN: 0020-1685

Source: Inorganic Materials, Vol.37, Iss.6, 2001-06, pp. : 591-594

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Abstract

The photoluminescence of GaN films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy on 6H-SiC(0001) substrates was studied. Owing to the high structural perfection of the films, a series of narrow emission lines related to donor–acceptor recombination was detected in the blue spectral region. This finding lends support to the donor–acceptor origin of the blue emission in GaN. In the spectra of less perfect films, these lines overlap and merge into a broad band.