RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Optical and structural characterisation of epitaxial nanoporous GaN grown by CVD A1 Mena, Josué A1 Carvajal, Joan Josep A1 Martínez Sacristán, Óscar A1 Jiménez López, Juan Ignacio A1 Zubialevich, V. A1 Parbrook, Peter A1 Díaz, Francesc A1 Aguiló, Magdalena K1 Materiales porosos K1 porous materials K1 Nitruro de galio nanoporoso (GaN) K1 Nanoporous gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial layers AB In this paper we study the optical properties of nanoporous gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxial layers grown by chemical vapour deposition on non-porous GaN substrates, using photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence, and resonant Raman scattering, and correlate them with the structural characteristic of these films. We pay special attention to the analysis of the residual strain of the layers and the influence of the porosity in the light extraction. The nanoporous GaN epitaxial layers are under tensile strain, although the strain is progressively reduced as the deposition time and the thickness of the porous layer increases, becoming nearly strain free for a thickness of 1.7 μm. The analysis of the experimental data point to the existence of vacancy complexes as the main source of the tensile strain. PB IOP Publishing SN 0957-4484 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/35094 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/35094 LA eng NO Nanotechnology, 2017, Volume 28, Number 37, 375701 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 28-abr-2024