Optical analysis of dislocation-related physical processes in GaN-based epilayers

被引：17
作者：
Jiang, De-Sheng [1 ]
Zhao, De-Gang [1 ]
Yang, Hui [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Semicond, State Key Lab Integrated Optoelect, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
来源：
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS | 2007年 / 244卷 / 08期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I：
10.1002/pssb.200675604
中图分类号：
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号：
070205 ;
摘要：
In this paper, recent progresses in optical analysis of dislocation-related physical properties in GaN-based epilayers are surveyed with a brief review. The influence of dislocations on both near-band edge emission and yellow luminescence (YL) is examined either in a statistical way as a function of dislocation density or focused on individual dislocation lines with a high spatial resolution. Threading dislocations may introduce non-radiative recombination centers and enhance YL, but their effects are affected by the structural and chemical environment. The minority carrier diffusion length may be dependent on either dislocation density or impurity doping as confirmed by the result of photovoltaic spectra. The in situ optical monitoring of the strain evolution process is employed during GaN heteroepitaxy using an AIN interlayer. A typical transition of strain from compression to tension is observed and its correlation with the reduction and inclination of threading dislocation lines is revealed. (c) 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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页码：2878 / 2891
页数：14
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