The infrared optical functions of AlxGa1-xN determined by reflectance spectroscopy

Infrared reflectivity measurements have been carried out on samples with structures of GaN/sapphire and AlxGa1-x/N/GaN/sapphire as well as sapphire substrates. Analyses of the reflectance data of sapphire using the Kramers-Kronig technique and fitting of the reflectance spectra of GaN and AlxGa1-xN samples using analytical expressions have been made. The high-frequency dielectric constant epsilon(alpha) and the transverse phonon frequency omega(TO), are found to vary from 5.15 to 4.2 and from 559.7 to 586.3 cm(-1), respectively, when the composition x is varied from 0 to 0.35 at room temperature. The E2 mode, which arises from the disordered stale of the alloys, has been observed in the reflectivity spectrum of AlxGa1-xN, and the intensity of the peak is enhanced by increasing the Al content. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.