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Infrared dielectric anisotropy and phonon modes of sapphire

M. Schubert, T. E. Tiwald, C. M. Herzinger

Physical Review B 61(2), 8187 (2000).

Spectroscopic ellipsometry in the infrared spectral range is used for comprehensive analysis of the anisotropic dielectric response of sapphire. We determine the ordinary and extraordinary infrared complex dielectric functions as well as all infrared-active phonon modes of single crystal a-Al2O3 for wavelengths from 3 to 30 mm. Data were acquired from high-symmetry orientations of a-plane and c-plane surfaces cut from bulk crystals. A simple classification scheme is developed which allows identification of the total reflection bands for p- and s-polarized light in anisotropic materials with multiple phonon branches. We employ a factorized form of the dielectric function for superior best-fit calculation of the infrared ellipsometry spectra adjusting frequencies and damping parameters of the transverse and longitudinal phonon modes with A2u and Eu symmetry separately. A generalized Lowndes condition for the damping parameters is derived and found satisfied for the A2u and Eu branches. Excellent agreement with phonon mode literature values is obtained, and improper use of selection rules reported previously for calculation of the sapphire dielectric functions is revised [Harman et al., J. Appl. Phys. 76, 8032 (1994)]. The dielectric function model will become useful for infrared ellipsometry investigation of multiple-layer structures grown on a-Al2O3 substrates such as group III-nitride heterostructures.

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