Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2003
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
83
Issue
2
DOI of Original Publication
10.1063/1.1589194
Date of Submission
April 2015
Abstract
We studied time-resolvedphotoluminescence(PL) over a temporal range 10−6–103 s in high-purity freestanding GaN templates. Red, yellow, green, blue, and shallow donor–acceptor emission bands can be resolved in the PLspectrum. Observation of luminescence long after the excitation is switched off is a striking feature of our study. The persistent PL observed for all above bands, except for the green band, is primarily attributed to the donor–acceptor-pair-type recombination. An unusually slow, nonexponential decay of radiative transitions from the conduction band to the shallow acceptor was also observed, pointing to some additional mechanism for the persistent PL. Possible role of the surface states in this effect is discussed.
Rights
Reshchikov, M.A., Iqbal, M.Z., Morkoç, H., et al. Long-lasting photoluminescence in freestanding GaN templates. Applied Physics Letters, 83, 266, (2003). Copyright © 2003 AIP Publishing LLC.
Is Part Of
VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1589194