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We uncover the origin of blue luminescence (BL) peak in Mg doped GaN thin film using a combination of experimental X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES), first-principles calculations based on density functional theory and full…
We report accurate energetics of defects introduced in GaN on doping with divalent metals, focussing on the technologically important case of Mg doping, using a model which takes into consideration both the effect of hole localisation and…
Optically-detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) and positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) experiments have been employed to study magnesium-doped GaN layers grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy. As the Mg doping level is changed, the…
The hot-wall metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), previously shown to enable superior III-nitride material quality and high performance devices, has been explored for Mg doping of GaN. We have investigated the Mg incorporation…
The electronic band structure of the (Ga,Mn)As system has been one of the most intriguing problems in solid state physics over the past two decades. Determination of the band structure evolution with increasing Mn concentration is a key…
We discuss the character of states near the Fermi level in Mn doped GaAs, as revealed by a survey of dc transport and optical studies over a wide range of Mn concentrations. A thermally activated valence band contribution to dc transport, a…
The effect of Mg $\delta$-doping on the structural, electrical and optical properties of GaN grown $\textsl{via}$ metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy has been studied using transmission electron microscopy, secondary ion mass spectroscopy,…
We demonstrate that GaN formed in a Nanowall Network (NwN) morphology can overcome fundamental limitations in optoelectronic devices, and enable high light extraction and effective Mg incorporation for efficient p-GaN. We report the growth…
We present a comprehensive study on the structure and optical properties of Mn-and Co-doped ZnO samples prepared via solid-state reaction method with different dopant concentrations and atmospheres. The samples were structural and…
We present a detailed study of the magnetic-field and temperature-dependent polarization of the near-band-gap photoluminescence in Gd-doped GaN layers. Our study reveals an extraordinarily strong influence of Gd doping on the electronic…
We have performed an $in$-$situ$ depth profile study of Mn-doped GaN prepared by a low temperature thermal diffusion method using photoemission and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. It was revealed from the core-level photoemission…
Doping of III-nitride based compound semiconductor nanowires is still a challenging issue to have a control over the dopant distribution in precise locations of the nanowire optoelectronic devices. Knowledge of the dopant incorporation and…
The electronic states of manganese in p-type GaN are investigated using photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopies. A series of sharp PL lines at 1.0 eV is observed in codoped GaN and attributed to the…
We present a detailed investigation of the mechanisms at play for the incorporation of In and Mg on the GaN(0001) surface during plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE). First, we have studied the kinetics of In desorption in the…
We report high-resolution hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy results on (Ga,Mn)As films as a function of Mn doping. Supported by theoretical calculations we identify, over the entire 1% to 13% Mn doping range, the electronic character of…
Yellow luminescence (YL) is probably the longest and most studied defect-related luminescence band in GaN, yet its electronic structure or chemical identity remain unclear. Most of the theoretical work so far has attributed the feature to…
We report on a systematic study of optical properties of (Ga,Mn)As epilayers spanning the wide range of accessible substitutional Mn_Ga dopings. The growth and post-growth annealing procedures were optimized for each nominal Mn doping in…
Optical properties of ZnMnO layers grown at low temperature by Atomic Layer Deposition and Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy are discussed and compared to results obtained for ZnMnS samples. Present results suggest a double valence of Mn…
Trapping of charge at surface states is a longstanding problem in GaN that hinders a full realization of its potential as a semiconductor for microelectronics. At least part of this charge originates in molecules adsorbed on the GaN…
Mn doped semiconductors are extremely interesting systems due to their novel magnetic properties suitable for the spintronics applications. It has been shown recently by both theory and experiment that Mn doped GaN systems have a very high…