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Phonon deformation potentials in wurtzite GaN and ZnO determined by uniaxial pressure dependent Raman measurements

Callsen, Gordon; Reparaz, Juan Sebastián; Wagner, Markus R.; Kirste, Ronny; Nenstiel, Christian; Hoffmann, Axel; Phillips, Matthew R.

We report the phonon deformation potentials of wurtzite GaN and ZnO for all zone center optical phonon modes determined by Raman measurements as a function of uniaxial pressure. Despite all the structural and optical similarities between these two material systems, the pressure dependency of their vibrational spectra exhibits fundamental distinctions, which is attributed to their different bond ionicities. In addition, the LO-TO splitting of the A1 and E1 phonon modes is analyzed which yields insight into the uniaxial pressure dependency of Born’s transverse effective charge e∗T.
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, 10.1063/1.3554434, American Institute of Physics (AIP)
  • This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 061906 (2011) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3554434.