Tunable and abrupt thermal quenching of photoluminescence by increasing temperature has been observed for the blue band in high-resistivity Zn-doped GaN. The photoluminescence intensity dropped by several orders of magnitude within a few Kelvins, and the temperature at which that drop occurred could be tuned by changing the incident light intensity. Modeling the system with rate equations for competing electron-hole recombination flows through three defect species, one of which is a nonradiative deep donor, gives results consistent with these observations.
Surface and subsurface structures of porous GaN prepared by anodizing epitaxial GaN layers grown on SiC substrates are investigated by atomic-force microscopy. Comparison of the images of the porous GaN surfaces with those taken on planes cleft perpendicular to the surface shows that the pores are formed along the boundaries of columnar structures of the original GaN films. X-ray investigations show that the porous GaN has less residual stresses than the initial GaN epitaxial layers. Use of porous GaN as a buffer layer for growth of low-stress GaN is proposed.
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