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Performance improvement of InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes with triangular- shaped multiple quantum wells

Li-Hong Zhu, Qing-Hong Zheng and Bao-Lin Liu

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Triangular-shaped InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) grown on a sapphire substrate were adopted as an active layer of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The temperature dependence of the normalized integrated photoluminescence (PL) intensity showed that the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of the LEDs with triangular-shaped MQW is much higher than that of the LEDs with conventional rectangular MQW structures. The electroluminescence (EL) spectra of the two series devices have been comparatively studied as functions of injection current. It was found that the device with the triangular-shaped MQW structure exhibited a stronger intensity and a narrower linewidth. Furthermore, the peak energy is nearly independent of the injection current, indicating that the triangular MQW LEDs are more efficient and stable than the rectangular ones.


PACS

85.60.Jb Light-emitting devices

78.60.Fi Electroluminescence

68.65.Fg Quantum wells

78.67.De Quantum wells

78.55.Cr III-V semiconductors

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Electronics and devices

Semiconductors

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 12 (December 2009)

Received 8 July 2009, in final form 30 September 2009

Published 3 November 2009



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