Electron-spin-resonance studies of donors in wurtzite GaN

Abstract

Electron-spin-resonance (ESR) measurements have been performed on a series of wurtzite GaN films grown on sapphire substrates by low-pressure metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition. The sample set included films grown with both AlN and GaN buffer layers. The ESR signal results from residual donors with ${\mathit{g}}_{\mathrm{\parallel }}$=1.9510 and ${\mathit{g}}_{\mathrm{\perp }}$=1.9483. The g value and the effective mass can be explained using a five-band k⋅p model. Nuclear hyperfine interactions are observed as a shift in the central resonance position, due to the Overhauser effect from which the density of the wave function at the Ga nucleus is derived. The ESR lines all have quite a sharp Lorentzian shape due to motional narrowing. At low temperatures (T