Optical absorption measurements were exploited to study periodic InN:In structures grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy with the thickness of the metallic inclusions varied from 2 to 48 monolayers. We demonstrate that the observed higher-energy shift of an effective absorption edge may be due to In depletion of the InN matrix via the coalescence of In into large clusters, accompanied by the respective higher-energy shift of the Mie resonance. The relevant uncertainty in the optical gap of InN is discussed.
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