Complete set of deformation potentials for AlN determined by reflectance spectroscopy under uniaxial stress

Abstract

Reflectance spectroscopy was performed for nonpolar and semipolar bulk aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates under uniaxial stress. The exciton-polariton theory was applied to interpret the reflectivity spectra, while the Bir-Pikus deformation potential theory was used to analyze the stress dependence of exciton transition energies. This approach allowed all the deformation potentials in AlN to be determined without the quasicubic approximation.