Deep ultraviolet distributed Bragg reflectors based on graded composition AlGaN alloys

作者:Brummer Gordie*; Nothern Denis; Nikiforov A Yu; Moustakas T D
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 106(22): 221107.
DOI:10.1063/1.4922215

摘要

Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) with peak reflectivity at approximately 280 nm, based on compositionally graded AlxGa1-xN alloys, were grown on 6H-SiC substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. DBRs with square, sinusoidal, triangular, and sawtooth composition profiles were designed with the transfer matrix method. The crystal structure of these DBRs was studied with high-resolution x-ray diffraction of the (<(1) overbar>015) reciprocal lattice point. The periodicity of the DBR profiles was confirmed with cross-sectional Z-contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy. The peak reflectance of these DBRs with 15.5 periods varies from 77% to 56% with corresponding full width at half maximum of 17-14 nm. Coupled mode analysis was used to explain the dependence of the reflectivity characteristics on the profile of the graded composition.

  • 出版日期2015-6-1