Luminescence from defects in GaN

Abstract We briefly review the luminescence properties of defects in GaN and focus on the most interesting defects. In particular, the blue luminescence band peaking at about 3 eV is assigned to different defects and even different types of transitions in undoped, Zn-, C-, and Mg-doped GaN. Another omnipresent luminescence band, the yellow luminescence band may have different origin in nearly dislocation-free freestanding GaN templates, undoped thin layers, and carbon-doped GaN. The Y 4 and Y 7 lines are caused by recombination at unidentified point defects captured by threading edge dislocations.

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