Photoluminescence and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Bulk GaN Doped with Gadolinium

• Authors: Z. Lipińska , M. Pawłowski , H. Żołnierowicz , A. Wysmołek , M. Palczewska , M. Kamińska , A. Twardowski , M. Boćkowski , I. Grzegory
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Photoluminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance experiments on strain free GaN bulk crystals of wurtzite structure doped with gadolinium are reported. Efficient gettering of residual GaN donors by Gd was observed. Electron paramagnetic resonance showed that Gd ion incorporated into GaN lattice had Gd^{3+}(4f^7) configuration. The observed photoluminescence spectra were explained as due to intracenter Gd^{3+}(4f^7) transitions. No ferromagnetic behavior was detected.

Keywords

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78.55.Cr; 71.55.-i; 71.35.-y

Discipline

• 78.55.Cr: III-V semiconductors
• 71.35.-y: Excitons and related phenomena
• 71.55.-i: Impurity and defect levels

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 243-248

Dates

published

2006-08

received

2006-06-17

Contributors

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Z. Lipińska

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Pawłowski

• Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wólczyńska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland

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H. Żołnierowicz

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Wysmołek

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Palczewska

• Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wólczyńska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Kamińska

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Twardowski

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Boćkowski

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland

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I. Grzegory

• Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sokołowska 29, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.110.243