Abstract
In this study, the authors have investigated the structural and optical properties of ZnO layer grown by pulsed laser deposition on GaN/ r-plane sapphire. X-ray diffraction results demonstrate the ZnO film to be highly preferentially deposited at a-axis orientation; the different rocking curve values along the two orthogonal directions indicate the low C 2 v symmetry in the growth a-plane ZnO. From free stress to large tensile stress (about 1.34 × 10 9 Pa) distribution along the growth direction of ZnO is revealed by visible Raman mapping spectra. The enhanced significantly high-order longitudinal-optical (LO) phonon modes up to 4th and no TO phonons have been observed in Raman spectrum under UV 325 nm by resonance conditions; an intense and broad disorder activated surface phonon mode is also observed, resulting from the increased disorder on the film surface with stripe-like growth features. Low-temperature photoluminescence measurements reveal that the band-edge emission of ZnO is dominated by neutral donor-bound exciton and free electrons to neutral acceptor emissions. Interfacial microstructure of ZnO/GaN has been examined by transmission electron microscopy, with the epitaxial relationship ( 1 0 1 ¯ 0 ) ZnO//( 0 0 0 2 ¯ ) GaN. All these results indicated that GaN template played an important role in the growth of ZnO film, with full advantage of small lattice mismatch.
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