中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 28101-028101.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/2/028101

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Study on the relationships between Raman shifts and temperature range for a-plane GaN using temperature-dependent Raman scattering

王党会a b, 许晟瑞a, 郝跃a, 张进成a, 许天旱b, 林志宇a, 周昊a, 薛晓咏a   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science on Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Technology, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China;
    b School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an 710065, China
  • 收稿日期:2012-04-29 修回日期:2012-08-09 出版日期:2013-01-01 发布日期:2013-01-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. K50511250002); the National Key Science & Technology Special Project, China (Grant No. 2008ZX01002-002); the Major Program and State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60890191 and 60736033); and the Science Fund for Youths Scholars (Grant Nos. 61204006).

Study on the relationships between Raman shifts and temperature range for a-plane GaN using temperature-dependent Raman scattering

Wang Dang-Hui (王党会)a b, Xu Sheng-Rui (许晟瑞)a, Hao Yue (郝跃)a, Zhang Jin-Cheng (张进成)a, Xu Tian-Han (许天旱)b, Lin Zhi-Yu (林志宇)a, Zhou Hao (周昊)a, Xue Xiao-Yong (薛晓咏 )a   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science on Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Technology, School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China;
    b School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an 710065, China
  • Received:2012-04-29 Revised:2012-08-09 Online:2013-01-01 Published:2013-01-01
  • Contact: Wang Dang-Hui E-mail:wdhyxp@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. K50511250002); the National Key Science & Technology Special Project, China (Grant No. 2008ZX01002-002); the Major Program and State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60890191 and 60736033); and the Science Fund for Youths Scholars (Grant Nos. 61204006).

摘要: In this paper, Raman shifts of a-plane GaN layers grown on r-plane sapphire substrates by low-pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (LPMOCVD) are investigated. We compare the crystal qualities and study the relationships between Raman shift and temperature for conventional a-plane GaN epilayer and insertion AlN/AlGaN superlattice layers for a-plane GaN epilayer using temperature-dependent Raman scattering in a temperature range from 83 K to 503 K. The temperature-dependences of GaN phonon modes (A1 (TO), E2 (high), and E1 (TO)) and the linewidths of E2 (high) phonon peak are studied. The results indicate that there exist two mechanisms between phonon peaks in the whole temperature range, and the relationship can be fitted to the pseudo-Voigt function. From analytic results we find a critical temperature existing in the relationship, which can characterize the anharmonic effects of a-plane GaN in different temperature ranges. In the range of higher temperature, the relationship exhibits an approximately linear behavior, which is consistent with the analyzed results theoretically.

关键词: metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, Raman shift, crystal quality, anharmonic effect

Abstract: In this paper, Raman shifts of a-plane GaN layers grown on r-plane sapphire substrates by low-pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (LPMOCVD) are investigated. We compare the crystal qualities and study the relationships between Raman shift and temperature for conventional a-plane GaN epilayer and insertion AlN/AlGaN superlattice layers for a-plane GaN epilayer using temperature-dependent Raman scattering in a temperature range from 83 K to 503 K. The temperature-dependences of GaN phonon modes (A1 (TO), E2 (high), and E1 (TO)) and the linewidths of E2 (high) phonon peak are studied. The results indicate that there exist two mechanisms between phonon peaks in the whole temperature range, and the relationship can be fitted to the pseudo-Voigt function. From analytic results we find a critical temperature existing in the relationship, which can characterize the anharmonic effects of a-plane GaN in different temperature ranges. In the range of higher temperature, the relationship exhibits an approximately linear behavior, which is consistent with the analyzed results theoretically.

Key words: metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, Raman shift, crystal quality, anharmonic effect

中图分类号:  (Vapor phase epitaxy; growth from vapor phase)

  • 81.15.Kk
78.55.Cr (III-V semiconductors)