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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 82, Issue 13, Pages 2085-2087Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1563837
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The band gap of uniaxially strained semi-insulating GaN:Mg has been examined using time-resolved optical transmission measurements in shock-wave experiments. For longitudinal stresses between 2.9 and 4.6 GPa, the absorption edge broadened significantly. Such a broadening is consistent with the presence of large piezoelectric fields (Franz-Keldysh effect) generated due to shock compression. For stresses greater than 4.6 GPa, however, the absorption edge remained relatively sharp. The sharp absorption onset suggests the presence of free charge carriers that screen the piezoelectric field, thereby suppressing the Franz-Keldysh effect. These observations indicate that electrical breakdown occurs at a field of 1 MV/cm. One possible mechanism that could result in free carriers is the dissociation of Mg-H complexes under the very high piezoelectric fields. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
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