Cathodoluminescence spectral mapping of III-nitride structures
Martin, R.W. and Edwards, P.R. and O'Donnell, K.P. and Dawson, M.D. and Jeon, C.W. and Liu, C. and Rice, G.R. and Watson, I.M. (2004) Cathodoluminescence spectral mapping of III-nitride structures. Physica Status Solidi A - Applications and Materials Science, 201 (4). pp. 665-672. (https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200304089)
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The application of cathodoluminescence spectral mapping to the characterisation of a range III-nitride semiconductor structures is described. Details are presented of the instrumentation developed to carry out such measurements using an electron probe micro-analyser. The spatial resolution of the luminescence data is ∼100 nm. The technique is enhanced by the ability to simultaneously perform X-ray microanalysis and electron imaging. Results are presented from epitaxially laterally overgrown GaN and InGaN/GaN structures using both single-layer SiO2 and multilayer SiO2/ZrO2 masks. Effects of strain and microcavity formation are resolved. Application of the technique to InGaN epilayers shows spatially-dependent shifts in the peak wavelength of the luminescence spectrum which correlate directly with microscopic variations in the indium content. Regions emitting at lower energy and with decreased intensity are shown to have higher InN contents, mirroring equivalent macroscopic observations. Finally the spectral mapping technique is used to analyse the luminescence from micron-scale selectively grown III-N pyramids, indicating possible formation of quantum dots at the sharp tips.
ORCID iDs
Martin, R.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6119-764X, Edwards, P.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-7698, O'Donnell, K.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-3675, Dawson, M.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-2989, Jeon, C.W., Liu, C., Rice, G.R. and Watson, I.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8797-3993;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 38505 Dates: DateEventMarch 2004PublishedSubjects: Science > Physics Department: Faculty of Science > Physics
Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of PhotonicsDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 14 Mar 2012 15:09 Last modified: 02 Sep 2024 00:39 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/38505