We report on the polarized IR reflectance study of wurtzite GaN thin film grown on substrate measured at various angles of incidence, namely, from 15° to 75°. Attention is focused on the effects of incident angles on the Brillouin zone center optical phonon modes of the GaN thin film. The reflection spectra are compared to the calculated spectra generated with a damped single harmonic oscillator model. Good agreement between the measured and calculated spectra has been obtained. Overall, the results revealed that the optical phonon modes of the GaN thin film and substrate are independent of the angle of the incidence beam.
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