Photoluminescence from Be‐Doped GaN Grown by Metal‐Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
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- 13 December 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Physica Status Solidi (b)
- Vol. 260 (8)
Abstract
A systematic photoluminescence study of Be‐doped GaN grown by metal‐organic chemical vapor deposition is presented. All Be‐doped samples show the ultraviolet luminescence (UVLBe) band with a maximum at 3.38 eV and the yellow luminescence (YLBe) band with a maximum at ≈2.15 eV in GaN:Be having various concentrations of Be. The UVLBe band is attributed to the shallow state of the BeGa acceptor with a delocalized hole. The YLBe band is caused by a Be‐related defect, possibly the polaronic state of the BeGa acceptor with the charge transition level at 0.3 eV above the valence band. This broad band exhibits unusual properties. In particular, it always shows two steps in its thermal quenching. The second step at T ≈ 200 K is attributed to the emission of holes from the 0.3 eV level to the conduction band. The origin of the first step remains unexplained.Keywords
Funding Information
- Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (DMR-1904861, DMR-1905186)
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