Abstract:
The structural and optical properties of GaP and GaPN layers synthesized by molecular-beam epitaxy on Si(100) substrates misoriented by 4$^\circ$ are studied. The possibility of producing GaP buffer layers that exhibit a high degree of heterointerface planarity and an outcropping dislocation density of no higher than $\sim$2 $\times$ 10$^{8}$ cm$^{-2}$ is shown. Emission from the Si/GaP/GaPN structure in the spectral range of 630–640 nm at room temperature is observed. Annealing during growth of the Si/GaP/GaPN structure makes it possible to enhance the room-temperature photoluminescence intensity by a factor of 2.6, with no shift of the maximum of the emission line.