Local structure around In atoms in coherently grown m-plane InGaN film

The local structure around In atoms in an m-plane In0.06Ga0.94N film coherently grown on a freestanding m-plane GaN substrate was investigated by polarization-dependent X-ray absorption fine-structure. A step-by-step fitting procedure was proposed for the m-plane wurtzite structure. The interatomic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of synchrotron radiation. - 1994. - 24(2017), Pt 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1012-1016
1. Verfasser: Miyanaga, Takafumi (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Azuhata, Takashi, Nitta, Kiyofumi, Chichibu, Shigefusa F
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of synchrotron radiation
Schlagworte:Journal Article InGaN XAFS local structure m-plane step-by-step fitting procedure
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Zusammenfassung:The local structure around In atoms in an m-plane In0.06Ga0.94N film coherently grown on a freestanding m-plane GaN substrate was investigated by polarization-dependent X-ray absorption fine-structure. A step-by-step fitting procedure was proposed for the m-plane wurtzite structure. The interatomic distance for the first nearest neighbour In-N atomic pairs was almost isotropic. For the second nearest In-Ga pairs, the interatomic distances along the m- and a-axes were longer and shorter, respectively, than that in strain-free virtual crystals as expected for the m-plane compressive strain. In contrast, the In-Ga interatomic distance in the c-direction was elongated in spite of the compressive strain, which was explained in terms of the anisotropic atomic structure on the m-plane. The local strain in the m-plane film was more relaxed than that in coherently grown c-plane single quantum wells. A few In atoms were atomically localized in all directions, and thus localized excitonic emission is expected as in the case of c-plane InGaN
Beschreibung:Date Revised 20.11.2019
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1600-5775
DOI:10.1107/S1600577517010669