GaN垒层厚度渐变的双蓝光波长发光二极管

针对单蓝光波长芯片与Y3Al5O12∶Ce3+黄光荧光粉封装白光发光二极管存在显色性不足的问题,提出了采用双蓝光波长芯片激发Y3Al5O12∶Ce3+黄光荧光粉实现高显色性白光发射法,并分析了其可行性.利用金属有机化学气相沉积系统在(0001)蓝宝石衬底上顺序生长两个In0.18Ga0.82N/GaN量子阱和两个In0.12Ga0.88N/GaN量子阱的双蓝光波长发光二极管,并对不同GaN垒层厚度的双蓝光波长发光二极管的光电性能进行分析,结果表明沿n-GaN到p-GaN方向减小GaN垒层厚度能实现双蓝光发射,并有较好的发光效率.交流阻抗谱结果显示相关双蓝光波长发光二极管可以用一个电阻Rp与电容Cp并联后与一个Rs串联电路来模拟,GaN垒层变化能调节并联电阻和电容,对串联电阻没有影响.此外,基于垒层减小的双蓝光波长芯片激发Y3Al5O12∶Ce3+荧光粉实现了高显色指数的白光发射.     

A dual-blue light-emitting diode based on strain-compensated InGaN-AlGaN/GaN quantum wells

A strain-compensated InGaN quantum well(QW) active region employing a tensile AlGaN barrier is analyzed.Its spectral stability and efficiency droop for a dual-blue light-emitting diode(LED) are improved compared with those of the conventional InGaN/GaN QW dual-blue LEDs based on a stacking structure of two In0.18Ga0.82N/GaN QWs and two In0.12Ga0.88N/GaN QWs on the same sapphire substrate.It is found that the optimal performance is achieved when the Al composition of the strain-compensated AlGaN layer is 0.12 in blue QW and 0.21 in blue-violet QW.The improvement performance can be attributed to the strain-compensated InGaN-AlGaN/GaN QW,which can provide a better carrier confinement and effectively reduce leakage current.     

反对称n-AlGaN层对GaN基双蓝光波长发光二极管性能的影响

采用数值分析方法对在InGaN/GaN混合多量子阱活性层和n-GaN之间引入n-AlGaN层的GaN基双蓝光波长发光二极管进行模拟分析.结果发现,与传统的具有p-AlGaN电子阻挡层的双蓝光波长发光二极管相比,这种反对称n-AlGaN层能有效改善电子和空穴在混合多量子阱活性层中的分布均匀性及减少电子溢出,实现电子空穴在各个量子阱中的平衡辐射,从而减弱了双蓝光波长发光二极管的效率衰减.此外,通过改变Al组分可以提高双蓝光波长发光二极管发射光谱的稳定性:当Al组分为0.16时,双蓝光波长发光二极管的光谱在小电流下比较稳定,而Al组分为0.12时,光谱在大电流下比较稳定.     

Dual-blue light-emitting diode based on strain-compensated InGaN-AlGaN/GaN quantum wells

Strain-compensated InGaN quantum well (QW) active region employing tensile AlGaN barrier is analyzed. Its spectral stability and efficiency droop for dual-blue light-emitting diode (LED) are improved compared with those of the conventional InGaN/GaN QW dual-blue LED based on stacking structure of two In_0.18Ga_0.82N/GaN QWs and two In_0.12Ga_0.88N/GaN QWs on the same sapphire substrate. It is found that the optimal performance is achieved when the Al composition of strain-compensated AlGaN layer is 0.12 in blue QW and 0.21 in blue-violet QW. The improvement performance can be attributed to the strain-compensated InGaN-AlGaN/GaN QW that can provide a better carrier confinement and effectively reduce leakage current.