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Optical Properties of Bulk and Epitaxial ZnO for Waveguide Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

S. Ganesan ,
Z. C. Feng ,
D. Mehta ,
S. Kandoor ,
E. J. Wornyo ,
J. Nause  and
I. Ferguson
S. Ganesan
Affiliation:
Cermet, Inc., 1019 Collier Road, Atlanta GA 30318
Z. C. Feng
Affiliation:
Graduate Institute of Electro-optical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
D. Mehta
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
S. Kandoor
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
E. J. Wornyo
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
J. Nause
Affiliation:
Cermet, Inc., 1019 Collier Road, Atlanta GA 30318
I. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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Abstract

This paper investigates the optical properties of bulk and epitaxial ZnO layers. High quality undoped and doped bulk ZnO crystals have been produced by melt growth techniques in addition to ZnO thin films grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) on silicon, sapphire and the bulk ZnO substrates. This work focuses on investigating the suitability of bulk and epitaxial ZnO for waveguide applications using various spectroscopic techniques. The photoluminescence showed the dominance of strong and narrow band due to the band edge emissions for undoped ZnO. Ultraviolet-visible transmission data revealed the variation of the bandgap with different doping elements. Raman spectra showed a narrow and strong peak, corresponding to the E2 mode at 438 cm-1, characteristic of the ZnO crystallinity. A broad 2LO peak appeared near 1150 cm-1 due to the coupling between LO phonons and free carriers. A clear variation in refractive index with doping was observed by spectroscopic ellipsometery suggesting that ZnO could be used for waveguide applications.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 799: Symposium Z – Progress in Compound Semiconductor Materials III - Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications , 2003 , Z8.10
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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