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Dynamics of Anomalous Temperature-Induced Emission Shift in MOCVD-grown (Al, In)GaN Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Yong-Hoon Cho ,
G. H. Gainer ,
J. B. Lam ,
J. J. Song ,
W. Yang  and
W. Jhe
Yong-Hoon Cho
Affiliation:
Center for Laser and Photonics Research and Department of Physics Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078 Center for Near-field Atom-photon Technology and Department of Physics Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
G. H. Gainer
Affiliation:
Center for Laser and Photonics Research and Department of Physics Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
J. B. Lam
Affiliation:
Center for Laser and Photonics Research and Department of Physics Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
J. J. Song
Affiliation:
Center for Laser and Photonics Research and Department of Physics Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078
W. Yang
Affiliation:
Honeywell Technology Center, 12001 State Highway 55, Plymouth, MN 55441
W. Jhe
Affiliation:
Center for Near-field Atom-photon Technology and Department of Physics Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Abstract

We present a comprehensive study of the optical characteristics of (Al, In)GaN epilayers measured by photoluminescence (PL), integrated PL intensity, and time-resolved PL spectroscopy. For not only InGaN, but also AlGaN epilayers with large Al content, we observed an anomalous PL temperature dependence: (i) an “S-shaped” PL peak energy shift (decrease-increase-decrease) and (ii) an “inverted S-shaped” full width at half maximum (FWHM) change (increase-decrease-increase) with increasing temperature. Based on time-resolved PL, the S shape (inverted S shape) of the PL peak position (FWHM) as a function of temperature, and the much smaller PL intensity decrease in the temperature range showing the anomalous emission behavior, we conclude that strong localization of carriers occurs in InGaN and even in AlGaN with rather high Al content. We observed that the following increase with increasing Al content in AlGaN epilayers: (i) a Stokes shift between the PL peak energy and the absorption edge, (ii) a redshift of the emission with decay time, (iii) the deviations of the PL peak energy, FWHM, and PL intensity from their typical temperature dependence, and (iv) the corresponding temperature range of the anomalous emission behavior. This indicates that the band-gap fluctuation responsible for these characteristics is due to energy tail states caused by non-random inhomogeneous alloy potential variations enhanced with increasing Al content.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 595: Symposium W – GaN and Related Alloys - 1999 , 1999 , F99W11.57
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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