Title :
Nitride-Based Asymmetric Two-Step Light-Emitting Diode With In
Ga
N Shallow Ste
Author :
Kuo, Cheng-Huang ; Fu, Y.K. ; Yeh, C.L. ; Tun, C.J. ; Chen, P.H. ; Lai, Wei-Chih ; Chang, Shoou-Jinn
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. & Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli
fDate :
3/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A nitride-based asymmetric two-step light-emitting diode (LED) with In0.08 Ga0.92N shallow step was proposed and fabricated. It was found that the low indium content In0.08 Ga0.92N layer can significantly enhance phase separation and/or inhomogeneous indium distribution in the active In0.27Ga0.73N layer. It was also found that we can enhance LED output power by a factor of 2.27 by simply inserting an In0.08 Ga0.92N shallow step.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; indium compounds; light emitting diodes; phase separation; wide band gap semiconductors; InGaN-GaN; light-emitting diodes; phase separation; single quantum well; InGaN–GaN; light-emitting diode (LED); low indium composition; single-quantum-well (SQW);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2012118