- 著者
- Uedono A. Shaoqiang C. Jongwon S. Ito K. Nakamori H. Honda N. Tomita S. Akimoto K. Kudo H. Ishibashi S.
- 出版者
- American Institute of Physics
- 雑誌
- Journal of applied physics (ISSN:00218979)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.103, no.10, pp.104505, 2008-08
- 被引用文献数
- 22 27
A relationship between intra-4f transitions of Er and vacancy-type defects in Er-doped GaN was studied by using a monoenergetic positron beam. Doppler broadening spectra of the annihilation radiation were measured for Er-doped GaN grown by molecular beam epitaxy. A clear correlation between the defect concentration and the photoluminescence (PL) intensity was observed. The major defect species detected by positrons was identified as a Ga vacancy VGa, and its concentration increased with increasing Er concentration [Er]. For the sample with [Er]=3.3 at. %, the maximum integrated intensity of PL was observed. The VGa concentration was above 1018 cm−3 and additional vacancies such as divacancies started to be introduced at this Er concentration. For the sample with higher [Er], the PL intensity decreased, and the mean size of vacancies decreased due to an introduction of precipitates and/or metastable phases.