R Cuscó et al 2008 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 23 105002 doi:10.1088/0268-1242/23/10/105002
R Cuscó1, D Pastor1, S Hernández2, L Artús1, O Martínez3, J Jiménez3, R W Martin4, K P O'Donnell4 and I M Watson5
Show affiliationsWe present a Raman scattering and cathodoluminescence study of a set of InxAl1−xN/GaN epilayers with InN fractions around the lattice-matched composition. We observed the A1(LO) and InN-like E2 modes of the alloy, whose frequencies are in good agreement with theoretical predictions, but we were unable to detect the AlN-like E2 mode. The InN-like E2 mode did not exhibit noticeable frequency shifts in the studied samples. This is explained by the presence of residual strain in the pseudomorphic InxAl1−xN films. A luminescence peak that shifts to lower energies with an increasing InN fraction was observed at energies above the band edge of the GaN substrate. The cathodoluminescence peak energy is lower than expected, indicating a large band-gap bowing in these alloy layers.
78.60.Hk Cathodoluminescence, ionoluminescence
Issue 10 (October 2008)
Received 6 June 2008
Published 28 August 2008
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