TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigation of valence-band splitting in InN by low-temperature photoreflectance spectroscopy
AU - Lin, Kuang I.
AU - Chen, Yen Jen
AU - Cheng, Yung Chen
AU - Gwo, Shangjr
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) and photore flectance (PR) spectroscopy and room-temperature Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction have been utilized to investigate the optical properties, electron concentration, crystalline quality, and electronic band structures, especially valence-band splittings, of InN films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The smaller thermal activation energies imply the PAMBE-grown InN film exhibits low-density localized states from band tail states. PR signals of the InN film are detectable when the temperature is below about 100K due to the cooling down of free electrons to trap states. For the MOCVD-grown InN film, no PR signal is observed even at 15K due to the higher free electron concentration. To analyze the energetic positions of the features in the PR spectra without ambiguity, the moduli of individual PR resonances are considered. Based on the PR results and appropriate Hamiltonian, the values of the crystal-field splitting and the spin-orbit splitting in InN are experimentally determined as 26.8 and 14.5meV, respectively. Theoretical and experimental reports are compared and discussed to verify this result.
AB - Temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) and photore flectance (PR) spectroscopy and room-temperature Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction have been utilized to investigate the optical properties, electron concentration, crystalline quality, and electronic band structures, especially valence-band splittings, of InN films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE) and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The smaller thermal activation energies imply the PAMBE-grown InN film exhibits low-density localized states from band tail states. PR signals of the InN film are detectable when the temperature is below about 100K due to the cooling down of free electrons to trap states. For the MOCVD-grown InN film, no PR signal is observed even at 15K due to the higher free electron concentration. To analyze the energetic positions of the features in the PR spectra without ambiguity, the moduli of individual PR resonances are considered. Based on the PR results and appropriate Hamiltonian, the values of the crystal-field splitting and the spin-orbit splitting in InN are experimentally determined as 26.8 and 14.5meV, respectively. Theoretical and experimental reports are compared and discussed to verify this result.
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U2 - 10.7567/JJAP.54.031001
DO - 10.7567/JJAP.54.031001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924263354
SN - 0021-4922
VL - 54
JO - Japanese journal of applied physics
JF - Japanese journal of applied physics
IS - 3
M1 - 031001
ER -