Abstract
In-plane anisotropic lattice relaxation was correlated with the crystal mosaicity and luminescence spectra for m -plane AlxGa1-xN films grown on a freestanding GaN substrate by NH3-source molecular beam epitaxy. The homoepitaxial GaN film exhibited A - and B -excitonic emissions at 8 K, which obeyed the polarization selection rules. For Al xGa1-xN overlayers, the m -plane tilt mosaic along c -axis was the same as the substrate as far as coherent growth was maintained (x≤0.25). However, it became more severe than along the a -axis for lattice-relaxed films (x≥0.52). The results are explained in terms of anisotropic lattice and thermal mismatches between the film and the substrate. Nonetheless, all the AlxGa1-xN films exhibited a near-band-edge emission peak and considerably weak deep emission at room temperature.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 071910 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 94 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)