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We present a Raman study of pseudomorphically strained epitaxial films of the ternary alloy GaNyAs1-y grown on GaAs(100) with y ranging from 0 to 0.06. The optical phonon Raman spectrum of the alloy displays a two-mode behavior. The GaAs-like first order modes for y = 0.06 are represented by the strong longitudinal optic (LO1) mode at 287.4 cm−1 and the weaker transverse optic (TO1) mode at 269.0 cm−1, while the GaN-like LO2mode is observed at 475.6 cm−1. Two very broad disorder-induced acoustic bands are evident at 80 and 170 cm−1 due to atomic disorder within the crystalline network. Raman studies show that as the nitrogen concentration in the alloy increases, the GaAs-like LO1band shifts linearly towards lower wavenumber while the linearly increasing GaN-like LO2 phonon band deviates from linearity at higher nitrogen concentration (y ≥ 0.03). The reason for the deviation of the LO2 phonon from linearity is discussed.
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Tay, LL., Lockwood, D.J. & Gupta, J.A. Nitrogen induced optical phonon shift in GaNyAs1-y studied by Raman Scattering. MRS Online Proceedings Library 829, 72–77 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-829-B11.5
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