Red Shift of Photoluminescence and Absorption in Dilute GaAsN Alloy Layers

Abstract
We present the first report on the optical properties of dilute GaAS1-x N x alloys (0<x<0.015). The layers have been grown by plasma-assisted metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The grown layers show a systematic red shift of the band-edge luminescence with increasing N content. The assignement of the photoluminescence to band-edge transitions and not to isolated N-N pair emission is verified by the characteristics of the optical absorption.