Nonequilibrium electron distributions and phonon dynamics in wurtzite GaN

We report experimental measurements of nonequilibrium electron distributions as well as phonon dynamics in wurtzite GaN by using subpicosecond time-resolved Raman spectroscopy. Our experimental results have demonstrated that for electron densities n≥5×1017 cm−3, the nonequilibrium electron distribut...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 1996-05, Vol.68 (21), p.2990-2992
Hauptverfasser: Tsen, K. T., Joshi, R. P., Ferry, D. K., Botchkarev, A., Sverdlov, B., Salvador, A., Morkoç, H.
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Zusammenfassung:We report experimental measurements of nonequilibrium electron distributions as well as phonon dynamics in wurtzite GaN by using subpicosecond time-resolved Raman spectroscopy. Our experimental results have demonstrated that for electron densities n≥5×1017 cm−3, the nonequilibrium electron distributions in wurtzite GaN can be very well described by Fermi–Dirac distribution functions with the temperature of electrons substantially higher than that of the lattice. The population relaxation time of longitudinal optical phonons was directly measured to be τ≂5±1 ps at T=25 K.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.116673