Numerical study of the suppressed efficiency droop in blue InGaN LEDs with polarization-matched configuration

被引：9

作者：

Chang, Jih-Yuan ^{[1
]}

Chen, Fang-Ming ^{[2
]}

Kuo, Yen-Kuang ^{[1
]}

Shih, Ya-Hsuan ^{[3
,4
]}

Sheu, Jinn-Kong ^{[3
]}

Lai, Wei-Chih ^{[3
]}

Liu, Heng ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Changhua Univ Educ, Dept Phys, Changhua 500, Taiwan

[2] Natl Changhua Univ Educ, Inst Photon, Changhua 500, Taiwan

[3] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Inst Electroopt Sci & Engn, Tainan 701, Taiwan

[4] Phostek Inc, Taiwan Branch, R&D Div, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 38卷 / 16期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1364/OL.38.003158

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

In blue InGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the intuitive approaches to suppress Auger recombination by reducing carrier density, e. g., increasing the number of quantum wells (QWs) and thickening the width of wells, suffer from nonuniform carrier distribution and more severe spatial separation of electron and hole wave functions. To resolve this issue, LED structures with thick InGaN wells and polarization-matched AlGaInN barriers are proposed theoretically. Furthermore, the number of QWs is reduced for the purpose of mitigating the additional compressive strain in AlGaInN barriers. Simulation results reveal that, in the proposed structures, the quantum-confined Stark effect in strained wells is nearly eliminated through the utilization of polarization-matched barriers, which efficiently promotes internal quantum efficiency. Furthermore, the phenomenon of efficiency droop is also markedly improved because of the uniformly distributed or dispersed carriers, and accordingly the suppressed Auger recombination. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：3158 / 3161

页数：4

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