Structural properties and Raman modes of zinc blende InN epitaxial layers

We report on x-ray diffraction and micro-Raman scattering studies on zinc blende InN epitaxial films. The samples were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs(001) substrates using a InAs layer as a buffer. The transverse-optical (TO) and longitudinal-optical phonon frequencies at Γ of c-InN are determined and compared to the corresponding values for c-GaN. Ab initio self-consistent calculations are carried out for the c-InN and c-GaN lattice parameters and TO phonon frequencies. A good agreement between theory and experiment is found.

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