Observation of Exciton-Polariton Emissions from a ZnO Epitaxial Film on the a-Face of Sapphire Grown by Radical-Source Molecular-Beam-Epitaxy

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, , Citation Shigefusa F. Chichibu et al 2002 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41 L935 DOI 10.1143/JJAP.41.L935

1347-4065/41/8B/L935

Abstract

Exciton-polariton emissions were observed at 8 K in the photoluminescence spectrum of a ZnO epitaxial film on the a-face of sapphire grown by radical-source molecular-beam-epitaxy. The resonance energies of corresponding photoreflectance structures agreed with those of longitudinal and transverse excitons, i.e. upper and lower polariton branches, where A, B and C-excitons couple simultaneously to an electromagnetic wave. In contrast to the results obtained for GaN, longitudinal-transverse splitting of the B-excitonic polariton was resolved, which is due to the large oscillator strength.

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10.1143/JJAP.41.L935