Published August 23, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Optical spectroscopy of cubic GaN in nanowires

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
  • 2. CEA-CNRS Group 'Nanophysique et semiconducteurs', CEA-Grenoble INAC-SP2M, Institut Neel, CNRS, Universite Joseph Fourier, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble (France)
  • 3. CEA-LETI, MINATEC, 17 rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)

Description

We show that highly homogeneous cubic GaN can be grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on wurtzite GaN nanowires. The line width of the donor bound exciton is below 3 meV and can reach 1.6 meV in the best parts of the studied sample. This allows to perform a detailed spectroscopy of cubic GaN, and, in particular, to determine the precise spectral positions of the donor bound exciton, the fundamental free exciton and the split-off exciton in a photoluminescence experiment.

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 081910-081910.3
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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