Compositional fluctuations in GaInN/GaN double heterostructures investigated by selectively excited photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy

TLDR: In this paper, compositional fluctuations in GaN/GaInN/GAN double heterostructures investigated by photoluminescence excitation and resonant Raman spectroscopy are reported.

Abstract: We report on compositional fluctuations in GaN/GaInN/GaN double heterostructures investigated by photoluminescence excitation and resonant Raman spectroscopy. The energy and line-shape of both luminescence and longitudinal optical (LO) phonon Raman peaks strongly depend on excitation energy due to selective excitation of regions with different In content. For a given excitation energy, luminescence from In-rich regions takes place and in addition, with increasing sample temperature, resonantly excited luminescence from regions of lower In content is superposed. Thus, the luminescence strongly broadens and on average shifts to higher energies with increasing temperature. The spectral variation of the photoluminescence and Raman cross sections is determined and correlated with the GaInN absorbance as measured by photothermal deflection spectroscopy.