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Photoluminescence (PL) and reflection spectra of undoped and Mg-doped GaN single layers grown on sapphire substrates by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) were investigated in a wide range of temperatures, excitation intensities, and do** levels. The undoped layers show n-type conductivity (μ=400 cm2/Vs, n=3×1017 cm−3). After annealing at T=600–700°C, the Mg-doped layers showed p-type conductivity determined by the potential-profiling technique. A small value of the full width at half maximum (FWHM=2.8 meV) of the excitonic emission and a high ratio between excitonic and deep level emission (≈5300) are evidences of the high layer quality. Two donor centers with activation energies of 35 and 22 meV were observed in undoped layers. A fine structure of the PL band with two narrow lines in the spectral range of the donor-acceptor pair (DAP) recombination was found in undoped layers. An anomaly was established in the temperature behavior of two groups of PL lines in the acceptor-bound exciton and in donor-acceptor pair regions in Mg doped layers. The lower energy line quenched with increasing temperature appreciably faster than the high energy ones. Our data does not agree with the DAP recombination model. It suggests that new approaches are required to explain the recombination mechanisms in undoped and Mg-doped GaN epitaxial layers.
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Yablonskii, G.P., Gurskii, A.L., Lutsenko, E.V. et al. Optical properties and recombination mechanisms in GaN and GaN:Mg grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. J. Electron. Mater. 27, 222–228 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-998-0391-x
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