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IR-VUV Dielectric Function of Al1−xInxN determined by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

A. Kasic ,
M. Schubert ,
B. Rheinländer ,
J. Off ,
F. Scholz  and
C. M. Herzinger
A. Kasic
Affiliation:
University of Leipzig, Dept. of Semiconductor Physics, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Center for Microelectronic and Optical Materials Research, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588, U.S.A.
M. Schubert
Affiliation:
University of Leipzig, Dept. of Semiconductor Physics, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Center for Microelectronic and Optical Materials Research, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588, U.S.A.
B. Rheinländer
Affiliation:
University of Leipzig, Dept. of Semiconductor Physics, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J. Off
Affiliation:
University of Stuttgart, 4th Physics Institute, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
F. Scholz
Affiliation:
University of Stuttgart, 4th Physics Institute, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
C. M. Herzinger
Affiliation:
J. A. Woollam Co., Inc., Lincoln 68508, U.S.A
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Abstract

Spectroscopic Ellipsometry from the mid-infrared (mid-ir) to the vacuum-ultraviolet (vuv) spectral range (350 cm−1 … 8.8 eV) is used to study the optical properties of hexagonal MOVPE-grown Al1−xInxN films for 0.11 ≤ × ≤ 0.21. The AlInN E1(TO) phonon shows a onemode behavior in contrast to recent theoretical predictions [H. Grille, Ch. Schnittler, and F. Bechstedt, Phys. Rev. B 61, 6091 (2000)]. Approximately 120 nm thick Al1−xInxN films grown on slightly compressively strained hexagonal GaN buffer layers reveal the influence of in-plane strain on the E1(TO) phonon mode frequencies. Al1−xInxN deposited directly on [0001] sapphire substrate possesses E1(TO) mode frequency which indicate fully relaxed film growth. For highquality Al0.890In0.110N one A1(LO) phonon mode was observed. Furthermore, we present the complex dielectric function of hexagonal Al0.872In0.128N from the mid-ir to vuv spectral range.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 639: Symposium G – GaN and Related Alloys-2000 , 2000 , G6.13
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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