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Luminescence Related to Stacking Faults in Heterepitaxially Grown Wurtzite GaN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Albrecht ,
S. Christiansen ,
G. Salviati ,
C. Zanotti-Fregonara ,
Y. T. Rebane ,
Y. G. Shreter ,
M. Mayer ,
A. Pelzmann ,
M. Kamp  and
K. J. Ebeling
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M. Albrecht
Affiliation:
Universität Erlangen-Nümberg, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften, MikroCharakterisierung, Cauerstr.6, 91058 Erlangen, F.R.G
S. Christiansen
Affiliation:
Universität Erlangen-Nümberg, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften, MikroCharakterisierung, Cauerstr.6, 91058 Erlangen, F.R.G
G. Salviati
Affiliation:
CNR-MASPEC, Via Chiavari 18/A, 43100 Parma, Italy
C. Zanotti-Fregonara
Affiliation:
CNR-MASPEC, Via Chiavari 18/A, 43100 Parma, Italy
Y. T. Rebane
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Institute, Polytechnicheskaya 26, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
Y. G. Shreter
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Institute, Polytechnicheskaya 26, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia
M. Mayer
Affiliation:
Universität Ulm, Abt. Optoelektronik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 45, 89069 Ulm, F.R.G
A. Pelzmann
Affiliation:
Universität Ulm, Abt. Optoelektronik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 45, 89069 Ulm, F.R.G
M. Kamp
Affiliation:
Universität Ulm, Abt. Optoelektronik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 45, 89069 Ulm, F.R.G
K. J. Ebeling
Affiliation:
Universität Ulm, Abt. Optoelektronik, Albert-Einstein-Allee 45, 89069 Ulm, F.R.G
M. D. Bremser
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695–8202, USA
R. F. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695–8202, USA
H. P. Strunk
Affiliation:
Universität Erlangen-Nümberg, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften, MikroCharakterisierung, Cauerstr.6, 91058 Erlangen, F.R.G
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Abstract

We correlate structure analyzed by transmission electron microscopy with photo- and cathodoluminescence studies of GaN/Al2O3(0001) and GaN/SiC(0001) and show that an additional UV line at 364nm/3.4eV can be connected to the occurrence of stacking faults. We explain the occurrence of this line by a model that is based on the concept of excitons bound to stacking faults that form a quantum well of cubic material in the wurtzite lattice of the layer material. The model is in reasonable agreement with the experimental observations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 468: Symposium D – Gallium Nitride and Related Materials II , 1997 , 293
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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