Strain effects on exciton resonance energies of ZnO epitaxial layers
- 22 August 2001
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 79 (9), 1282-1284
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1398328
Abstract
Magnitudes of strain in ZnO epitaxial layers grown on sapphire(0001) substrates under various growth conditions were experimentally determined by x-ray diffraction. We discuss the strain-induced energy shift on the exciton resonances, the results of which were analyzed theoretically using the Hamiltonian for the valence bands under in-plain biaxial strain. Comparative studies with GaN evidenced the advantages of ZnO in terms of sensitivity of the strain-induced energy shift and of piezoelectric effect in heterostructures.Keywords
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