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Chapter 6<br />

Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy <strong>of</strong> GaN<br />

In this chapter we present the results from our nonlinear optical spectroscopy <strong>of</strong> our<br />

GaN / A1 2 0 3 samples [96].<br />

By measuring the azimuthal dependence <strong>of</strong> SHG from<br />

GaN/Ah03 we determined that our GaN films <strong>and</strong> sapphire substrates are miscut by<br />

0.80 0 • vVe performed SHG spectroscopy <strong>of</strong> our GaN/A1 2 0 3 samples in the s-in/p-out<br />

<strong>and</strong> p-in/p-out polarizations over a two photon energy range <strong>of</strong> 2.6 to 3.-1 eV. Our<br />

measurements reveal a slight enhancement <strong>of</strong> X~~x at a two photon energy <strong>of</strong> 2.80 e\".<br />

In contrast, X~~x is spectrally flat. The 2.80 e V feature is clearly independent <strong>of</strong> yellow<br />

b<strong>and</strong> luminescent defects, <strong>and</strong> we speculate that it may result from transitions<br />

involving an intrinsic midgap defect state. Finally, we probed the Ga~ j.-\h03 interface<br />

using SHG rotational symmetry techniques. No interface states were observed<br />

over a two photon energy range <strong>of</strong> 2.6 to 3.4 eV.<br />

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