Prior to the analysis, the EXAFS spectra were normalised to the flux of the
monochromator by division with the electron yield spectrum from a clean Si
wafer. The normalised EXAFS spectra were subjected to subtraction of the a
tomic absorption using the AUTOBK program (Mustre de Leon et al., 1991). Th
e spectra were corrected for self-absorption effects in the k space using t
he procedure described previously (Katsikini et al., 1997). A model for hex
agonal GaN (a=3.18 Angstrom, c=5.168 Angstrom) was constructed using the FE
FF6 code (Mustre de Leon et al., 1991). The initial values for the Debye-Wa
ller (BW) factors were calculated using the correlated Debye model (Sevilla
no et al., 1979) and a Debye temperature of 600K.