학술논문

Nitride-Based Asymmetric Two-Step Light-Emitting Diode With In$_{0.08}$ Ga$_{0.92}$ N Shallow Step
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. 21(6):371-373 Mar, 2009
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Light emitting diodes
Indium
Gallium nitride
Optical sensors
Radiative recombination
Optical pumping
Semiconductor diodes
Power generation
Aluminum gallium nitride
Semiconductor materials
InGaN–GaN
light-emitting diode (LED)
low indium composition
single-quantum-well (SQW)
Language
ISSN
1041-1135
1941-0174
Abstract
A nitride-based asymmetric two-step light-emitting diode (LED) with $\hbox{In}_{0.08} \hbox{Ga}_{0.92}\hbox{N}$ shallow step was proposed and fabricated. It was found that the low indium content $\hbox{In}_{0.08} \hbox{Ga}_{0.92}\hbox{N}$ layer can significantly enhance phase separation and/or inhomogeneous indium distribution in the active $\hbox{In}_{0.27}\hbox{Ga}_{0.73}\hbox{N}$ layer. It was also found that we can enhance LED output power by a factor of 2.27 by simply inserting an $\hbox{In}_{0.08} \hbox{Ga}_{0.92}\hbox{N}$ shallow step.