Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2008-04-17
Journalof applied Physics (2008)
Physics
Optics
accepted for publication
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2925685
Near band-gap luminescence (hnu > 5 eV) of hexagonal boron nitride has been studied by means of the time- and energy-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy method. Two emissions have been observed at 5.5 eV and 5.3 eV. The high-energy emission at 5.5 eV is composed of fixed sub-bands assigned to bound excitons at 5.47 eV, 5.56 eV and 5.61 eV. The non-structured low-energy emission at 5.3 eV undergoes a large blue shift (up to 120 meV) with a linear slope <1 with increasing excitation energy Eexc. At Eexc>5.7 eV, the band position is fixed and marks the transition from the Raman to the photoluminescence regime. We assign the 5.3 eV band to quasi donor-acceptor pair (q-DAP) states due to electrostatic band fluctuations induced by charged defects. The shift is explained by photo-induced neutralization of charged defect states. The absence of contribution to the q-DAP luminescence from exciton suggests the existence of a large exciton binding energy, which is qualitatively consistent with theoretical predictions.
Kanaev Andrei V.
Museur Luc
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