Optical properties of bulk-like GaN nanorods grown on Si (111) substrates by rf-plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy

Young S. Park, T. W. Kang, Hyunsik Im, Mark J. Holmes, Robert A. Taylor

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Abstract

We have investigated the optical properties of bulk-like GaN nanorods by cathodoluminescence measurements at room temperature. The bulk-like nanorods were grown on a Si (111) substrate by rf-plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy and are characterized be being surrounded by a compact region. A weak and broad emission line near 3.36 eV was observed at an accelerating voltage of 5 kV. This emission occurs at a lower energy than the emission from unstrained GaN nanorods that protrude from the compact region. Upon increasing the electron beam energy, and hence investigating regions deeper in the sample, the peak emission energy redshifts due to the strain at the substrate interface. The behaviour of the emission line is further investigated with cathodoluminescence measurement on single nanorod's.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2211-2213
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics
Volume7
Issue number7-8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event8th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors, ICNS-8 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 18 Oct 200923 Oct 2009

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