Effect of Mg Doping on the Photoluminescence of GaN:Mg Films by Radio-Frequency Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
SUI Yan-Ping1**, YU Guang-Hui2
1Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Information Technical Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 2State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050
Effect of Mg Doping on the Photoluminescence of GaN:Mg Films by Radio-Frequency Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
SUI Yan-Ping1**, YU Guang-Hui2
1Department of Electronic Science and Technology, College of Information Technical Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071 2State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050
摘要We investigate undoped GaN and Mg-doped GaN grown by rf plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with different Mg concentrations by photoluminescence (PL) at low temperature, Hall-effect and XRD measurements. In the PL spectra of lightly Mg-doped GaN films, a low intensity near band edge (NBE) emission and strong donor-acceptor pair (DAP) emission with its phonon replicas are observed. As the Mg concentration is increased, the DAP and NBE bands become weaker and a red shift of these bands is observed in the PL spectra. Yellow luminescence (YL) is observed in heavily Mg-doped GaN. The x-ray diffraction is employed to study the structure of the films. Hall measurement shows that there is a maximum value (3.9×1018 cm−3) of hole concentration with increasing Mg source temperature for compensation effect. PL spectra of undoped GaN are also studied under N-rich and Ga-rich growth conditions. Yellow luminescences of undoped Ga-rich GaN and heavily Mg-doped GaN are compared, indicating the different origins of the YL bands.
Abstract：We investigate undoped GaN and Mg-doped GaN grown by rf plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with different Mg concentrations by photoluminescence (PL) at low temperature, Hall-effect and XRD measurements. In the PL spectra of lightly Mg-doped GaN films, a low intensity near band edge (NBE) emission and strong donor-acceptor pair (DAP) emission with its phonon replicas are observed. As the Mg concentration is increased, the DAP and NBE bands become weaker and a red shift of these bands is observed in the PL spectra. Yellow luminescence (YL) is observed in heavily Mg-doped GaN. The x-ray diffraction is employed to study the structure of the films. Hall measurement shows that there is a maximum value (3.9×1018 cm−3) of hole concentration with increasing Mg source temperature for compensation effect. PL spectra of undoped GaN are also studied under N-rich and Ga-rich growth conditions. Yellow luminescences of undoped Ga-rich GaN and heavily Mg-doped GaN are compared, indicating the different origins of the YL bands.
SUI Yan-Ping**;YU Guang-Hui
. Effect of Mg Doping on the Photoluminescence of GaN:Mg Films by Radio-Frequency Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy[J]. 中国物理快报, 2011, 28(6): 67807-067807.
SUI Yan-Ping**, YU Guang-Hui
. Effect of Mg Doping on the Photoluminescence of GaN:Mg Films by Radio-Frequency Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2011, 28(6): 67807-067807.
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