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Picosecond Photoinduced Reflectivity Studies of GaN Prepared by Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

M. Wraback ,
H. Shen ,
C.J. Eiting ,
J.C. Carrano  and
R.D. Dupuis
M. Wraback
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783, USA
H. Shen
Affiliation:
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783, USA
R.D. Dupuis
Affiliation:
Microelectronics Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1100, USA
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Abstract

The pump-probe technique has been used to perform room temperature studies of the photoinduced changes in the reflectivity ΔR associated with exciton and carrier dynamics in GaN prepared by lateral epitaxial overgrowth. For resonant excitation of cold excitons, the ΔR decay possesses a 720 ps component attributed to the free exciton lifetime in this high quality material. For electrons with small excess energy (< 50 meV), the strong increase in the ΔR decay rate with decreasing excitation density suggests that screening of the Coulomb interaction may play an important role in the processes of carrier relaxation and exciton formation. The faster decay times at a given carrier density observed for hot (> 100 meV) electron relaxation are attributed to electron-hole scattering in conjunction with the screened electron-LO phonon interaction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 595: Symposium W – GaN and Related Alloys - 1999 , 1999 , F99W11.55
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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