Raman analysis of phonon lifetimes in AlN and GaN of wurtzite structure

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作者
Bergman, L [1 ]
Alexson, D
Murphy, PL
Nemanich, RJ
Dutta, M
Stroscio, MA
Balkas, C
Shin, H
Davis, RF
机构
[1] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Phys, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[2] USA, Res Off, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709 USA
[3] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1999年 / 59卷 / 20期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.59.12977
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T [工业技术];
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Raman analyses of the Lifetimes of phonons in GaN and AlN crystallites of wurtzite structure are presented. In order to ensure the accuracy of the measurement of the phonon lifetimes, an experimental procedure to eliminate the broadening due to the finite slit width was performed. The lifetime analyses indicate that the phonon lifetimes in AIN as well as in GaN fall into two main time regimes: a relatively long time of the E-2(1) mode and much shorter times of the E-2(2), E1(TO), and A1(TO) modes. The lifetimes of the E-2(1), E-2(2), E1(TO), A1(TO), and A1(LO) modes of an high-quality AlN crystallite are 4.4, 0.83, 0.91, 0.76, and 0.45 ps, respectively. Moreover, the lifetime of the A1(LO) mode found in this study is consistent with the current phonon-decay model of that mode in wurtzite structure materials. The lifetimes of E-2(1), E-2(2), E1(TO), and A1(TO) of a GaN crystallite were found to be 10.1, 1.4, 0.95, and 0.46 ps, respectively. The A1(LO) mode in the GaN was not observed and its absence is attributed to plasmon damping. The lifetime shortening due to impurities was also studied: the lifetimes of the Raman modes of an AlN crystallite, which contains about two orders of magnitude more Si and C impurities relative to the concentration of the high-quality crystallite were found to be 50% shorter. [S0163-1829(99)04419-7].
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