Optical properties of Mn-doped GaN
Gelhausen, O
Malguth, E
Phillips, MR
Goldys, EM
Strassburg, M
Hoffmann, A
Graf, T
Gjukic, M
Stutzmann, M
Goldys, EM
Strassburg, M
Hoffmann, A
Graf, T
Gjukic, M
Stutzmann, M
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 2003, 798 pp. 569 - 574
- Issue Date:
- 2003-12-01
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Molecular beam epitaxy-grown GaN with different Mn concentrations (5-23×1019 cm-3) and codoped with Si were investigated by cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy and optical transmission measurements. In the GaN:Mn, an intense absorption peak at 1.414 +/- 0.002 eV was observed. This peak was attributed to an internal 5T 2→ 5E transition of the deep neutral Mn3+ state since its intensity scaled with the Mn3+ concentration. The CL measurements showed that Mn-doping concentrations around 1020 cm -3 had three effects on the emission spectrum: (i) the donor bound exciton at 3.460 eV was reduced by more than one order of magnitude, (ii) the donor-acceptor-pair band at 3.27 eV was completely quenched and (iii) the yellow luminescence centered at 2.2 eV was the strongly decreased. The latter two effects were attributed to a reduced concentration of VGa. In the infrared spectral range, three broad, Mn-doping related CL emission bands centered at 1.01 ± 0.02 eV, 1.09 ± 0.02 eV and 1.25 ± 0.03 eV were observed. These bands might be related to deep donor complexes, which are generated as a result of the heavy Mn-doping, rather than internal transitions at the Mn atom.
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