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Emission Properties of GaN Planar Hexagonal Microcavities
Author(s) -
Pozina Galia,
Hemmingsson Carl,
Belonovskii Alexei V.,
Levitskii Iaroslav V.,
Mitrofanov Maxim I.,
Girshova Elizaveta I.,
Ivanov Konstantin A.,
Rodin Sergey N.,
Morozov Konstantin M.,
Evtikhiev Vadim P.,
Kaliteevski Mikhail A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201900894
Subject(s) - cathodoluminescence , materials science , planar , heterojunction , optoelectronics , exciton , molecular beam epitaxy , emission spectrum , nitride , spectral line , epitaxy , band gap , condensed matter physics , luminescence , layer (electronics) , nanotechnology , physics , computer graphics (images) , astronomy , computer science
Fabrication of microcavities based on III‐nitrides is challenging due to difficulties with the coherent growth of heterostructures having a large number of periods, at the same time keeping a good precision in terms of thickness and composition of the alloy. A planar design for GaN microresonators supporting whispering gallery modes is suggested. GaN hexagonal microstructures are fabricated by selective‐area metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy using focused ion beam for mask patterning. Low‐temperature cathodoluminescence spectra measured with a high spatial resolution demonstrate two dominant emission lines in the near bandgap region. These lines merge at room temperature into a broad emission band peaking at ≈3.3 eV, which is shifted toward lower energies compared with the reference excitonic spectrum measured for the GaN layer. A numerical analysis of exciton–polariton modes shows that some strongly localized cavity modes can have high Purcell coefficients and can strongly interact with the GaN exciton.