In组分渐变提高InGaN/GaN多量子阱发光二极管发光性能

利用金属有机物化学气相沉积系统在蓝宝石衬底上通过有源层的变温生长,得到In组分渐变的量子阱结构,从而获得具有三角形能带结构的InGaN/GaN多量子阱发光二极管(LED)(简称三角形量子阱结构LED).变温光致发光谱结果表明,相对于传统具有方形能带结构的量子阱LED(简称方形量子阱结构LED),三角形量子阱结构有效提高了量子阱中电子和空穴波函数的空间交叠,从而增加了LED的内量子效率;电致发光谱结果表明,三角形量子阱结构LED器件与传统结构LED器件相比,明显改善了发光峰值波长随着电流的蓝移现象.通过以上     

渐变型量子阱垒层厚度对GaN基双波长发光二极管发光特性调控的研究

采用软件理论分析的方法对渐变型量子阱垒层厚度的InGaN双波长发光二极(LED)的载流子浓度分布、 能带结构、自发发射谱、内量子效率、发光功率及溢出电子流等进行研究.分析结果表明, 增大量子阱垒层厚度会影响空穴在各量子阱的注入情况, 对双波长LED各量子阱中空穴浓度分布的 均衡性及双波长发光光谱的调控起到一定作用,但会导致内量子效率严重下降; 而当以特定的方式从n电极到p电极方向递减渐变量子阱垒层厚度时, 活性层量子阱的溢出电子流 得到有效的控制, 双发光峰强度达到基本一致, 同时芯片的内量子效率下降得到了有效控制, 且具备大驱动电流下较好的发光特性.     

量子阱结构对含V形坑InGaN/GaN蓝光LED效率衰减的影响

使用MOCVD在图形化Si衬底上生长了含V形坑的InGaN/GaN蓝光LED。通过改变生长温度,生长了禁带宽度稍大的载流子限制阱和禁带宽度稍小的发光阱,研究了两类量子阱组合对含V形坑InG aN/GaN基蓝光LED效率衰减的影响。使用高分辨率X射线衍射仪和LED电致发光测试系统对LED外延结构和LED光电性能进行了表征。结果表明:限制阱靠近n层、发光阱靠近p层的新型量子阱结构,在室温75 A/cm~2时的外量子效率相对于其最高点仅衰减12.7%,明显优于其他量子阱结构的16.3%、16.0%、28.4%效率衰减,且只有这种结构在低温时(T≤150 K)未出现内量子效率随电流增大而剧烈衰减的现象。结果表明,合理的量子阱结构设计能够显著提高电子空穴在含V形坑量子阱中的有效交叠,促进载流子在阱间交互,提高载流子匹配度,抑制电子泄漏,从而减缓效率衰减、提升器件光电性能。     

关于InGaN/GaN多量子阱结构内量子效率的研究

利用金属有机物化学气相沉积技术在蓝宝石衬底(0001)面生长了InGaN/GaN多量子阱结构,并测量了其荧光(PL)光谱的峰位能量和发光效率对温度和注入载流子密度的依赖性.结果显示,该样品PL的峰位能量对温度的依赖性是"S形"的(降低-增加-降低),并且最大发光效率出现在50 K左右.前者反映了InGaN阱层中势能的非均一性和载流子复合的局域特征,后者则表明了将极低温度下的内量子效率设定为100%的传统界定方法应当被修正.进一步的研究结果显示,发光效率不仅是温度的函数,同时也是注入载流子密度的函数.为此我们对传统的基于PL光谱测量来确定某结构(或器件)内量子效率的方法进行了修正:在不同温度下测量发光效率对注入载流子密度的依赖性,并将发光效率的最大值设为内量子效率是100%,这样,其他温度点和注入载流子密度点所对应的内量子效率也就随之确定.     

InGaN/GaN多量子阱LED载流子泄漏与温度关系研究

通过测量光电流,直接观察了InGaN/GaN量子阱中载流子的泄漏程度随温度升高的变化关系。当LED温度从300K升高到360K时,在相同的光照强度下,LED的光电流增大,说明在温度上升之后,载流子从量子阱中逃逸的数目更多,即载流子泄漏比例增大。同时,光电流的增大在激发密度较低的时候更为明显,而且光电流随温度的增加幅度与激发光子的能量有关。用量子阱-量子点复合模型能很好地解释所观察到的实验现象。实验结果直接证明,随着温度的升高,InGaN/GaN量子阱中的载流子泄漏将显著增加,而且在低激发密度下这一效应更为明显。温度升高导致的载流子泄漏增多是InGaN多量子阱LED发光效率随温度升高而降低的重要原因。     

量子阱数量变化对双波长LED作用的研究

采用软件理论分析的方法分析了InGaN/GaN量子阱数量变化对双波长发光二极管发光光谱、内量子效率、电子空穴浓度分布、溢出电流等产生的影响.分析结果表明,量子阱数量的增加会引起载流子分配不均的现象,所以量子阱数量的增加并不能有效地提升载流子复合率、内量子效率和发光强度,还会引起开启电压升高的现象,影响能量转化效率.此外,不同发光波长的量子阱数量的增加会引起发光光谱强度的变化. 关键词： 量子阱 数量 数值模拟 双波长发光二极管     

选择性p型量子阱垒层掺杂在双波长发光二极管光谱调控中的作用

采用软件理论分析的方法对选择性p型掺杂量子阱垒层在InGaN双波长发光 二极管(LED)中的光谱调控作用进行模拟分析.分析结果表明, 选择性p型掺杂对量子阱中电子和空穴浓度分布的均衡性起到一定的调控作用, 在适当选择p型掺杂量子阱垒层层数的条件下,能够改善量子阱中载流子的 辐射复合速率, 降低溢出电子浓度,从而有效提高芯片内量子效率,并减缓内量子效率随驱动 电流增大而快速下降的趋势.随着活性层量子阱增加到特定数量, 选择性p型掺杂的调控效果更加明显, LED芯片的双波长发光峰强度达到基本均衡.     

载流子复合机制对InGaN多量子阱蓝光LED调制带宽的影响

通过设计InGaN多量子阱LED有源区的不同结构,研究了载流子复合机制对LED调制速度的影响。结果显示,由于窄量子阱LED的载流子空间波函数重叠几率更高,且电子泄露效应更显著,所以复合速率更快,调制带宽更高。In组分为1%的InGaN量子垒LED可提高辐射复合的权重,使得调制带宽高于GaN量子垒LED;In组分为5%时,电子泄露和俄歇复合占据主导地位,且由于这两种复合机制复合速率很快,所以调制带宽显著提高。     

量子阱数量变化对InGaN/AlGaN LED的影响

采用软件理论分析的方法分析了InGaN/AlGaN量子阱数量变化对发光二极管内量子效率、电子空穴浓度分布、载流子溢出产生的影响。分析结果表明:量子阱的个数不是越多越好,LED的光学性质和量子阱的个数并不成线性关系。量子阱个数太少时,电流溢出现象较明显;而当量子阱个数太多时,极化现象明显,且会造成材料浪费。因此应根据工作电流选择合适的量子阱个数。     

引入n型InGaN/GaN超晶格层提高量子阱特性研究

利用金属有机物化学气相淀积技术在蓝宝石衬底上生长了InGaN/GaN量子阱结构. 研究了引入n型InGaN薄层或InGaN/GaN超晶格层的量子阱特性,结果表明通过引入n型InGaN薄层或InGaN/GaN超晶格层缓解了量子阱有源区中的应力,改善了多量子阱表面形貌,减少了V型缺陷密度,而且提高了多量子阱的光致发光强度,从而也改进了LED的发光效率. 关键词： InGaN/GaN多量子阱 原子力显微镜 X射线双晶衍射 光致发光     

Efficiency droop suppression in GaN-based light-emitting diodes by chirped multiple quantum well structure at high current injection

Gallium nitride(Ga N) based light-emitting diodes(LEDs) with chirped multiple quantum well(MQW) structures have been investigated experimentally and numerically in this paper. Compared to conventional LEDs with uniform quantum wells(QWs), LEDs with chirped MQW structures have better internal quantum efficiency(IQE) and carrier injection efficiency. The droop ratios of LEDs with chirped MQW structures show a remarkable improvement at 600 m A/mm2,reduced down from 28.6%(conventional uniform LEDs) to 23.7%(chirped MQWs-a) and 18.6%(chirped MQWs-b),respectively. Meanwhile, the peak IQE increases from 76.9%(uniform LEDs) to 83.7%(chirped MQWs-a) and 88.6%(chirped MQWs-b). The reservoir effect of chirped MQW structures is the significant reason as it could increase hole injection efficiency and radiative recombination. The leakage current and Auger recombination of chirped MQW structures can also be suppressed. Furthermore, the chirped MQWs-b structure with lower potential barriers can enhance the reservoir effect and obtain further improvement of the carrier injection efficiency and radiative recombination, as well as further suppressing efficiency droop.     

Enhanced performance of InGaN light-emitting diodes with InGaN and composition-graded InGaN interlayers

The effects of InGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with InGaN and composition-graded InGaN interlayers in the space of multiple quantum wells and electron blocking layer are studied numerically. The electrostatic field, energy band diagrams, carrier concentrations, light–current–voltage performances, and internal quantum efficiency (IQE) are investigated. Simulation results show that the light output power and IQE are both largely improved over the conventional LED structure due to the improvement in hole injection efficiency and electron blocking capability, especially for the LED with composition-graded InGaN interlayer.     

Efficiency droop alleviation in blue light emitting diodes using the InGaN/GaN triangular-shaped quantum well

The InGaN/GaN blue light emitting diode(LED) is numerically investigated using a triangular-shaped quantum well model,which involves analysis on its energy band,carrier concentration,overlap of electron and hole wave functions,radiative recombination rate,and internal quantum efficiency.The simulation results reveal that the InGaN/GaN blue light emitting diode with triangular quantum wells exhibits a higher radiative recombination rate than the conventional light emitting diode with rectangular quantum wells due to the enhanced overlap of electron and hole wave functions(above 90%) under the polarization field.Consequently,the efficiency droop is only 18% in the light emitting diode with triangular-shaped quantum wells,which is three times lower than that in a conventional LED.     

Modeling and simulation of efficiency droop in GaN-based blue light-emitting diodes incorporating the effect of reduced active volume of InGaN quantum wells

The efficiency droop of InGaN-based blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is analyzed using numerical simulations with a modified ABC carrier recombination model. The ABC model is modified to include the effect of reduced effective active volume of InGaN quantum wells (QWs) and incorporated into the numerical simulation program. It is found that the droop of internal quantum efficiency (IQE) can be well explained by the effect of reduced light-emitting active volume without assuming a large Auger recombination coefficient. A simulated IQE curve with the modified ABC model is found to fit quite well with a measured efficiency curve of an InGaN LED sample when the effective active volume takes only 2.5% of the physical volume of QWs. The proposed numerical simulation model incorporating the reduced effective active volume can be advantageous for use in the modeling and simulation of InGaN LEDs for higher efficiency.     

Reversible Carriers Tunnelling in Asymmetric Coupled InGaN/GaN Quantum Wells

Temperature-dependent photoluminescence （PL） and time resolved photoluminescence （TRPL） are performed to study the PL characteristics and carrier transfer mechanism in asymmetric coupled InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells （AS-QWs）. Our results reveal that abnormal carrier tunnelling from the wide quantum well （WQW） to the narrow quantum well （NQW） is observed at temperature higher than about lOOK, while a normal carrier tunnelling from the NQW to the WQW is observed at temperature lower than 100 K. The reversible carrier tunnelling between the two Q Ws makes it possible to explore new types of temperature sensitive emission devices. It is shown that PL internal quantum efficiency （IQE） of the NQW is enhanced to about 46% due to the assistant of the abnormal carrier tunnelling.     

Modeling and analysis of the effects of inhomogeneous carrier distributions in InGaN multiple quantum wells

It is well known that carrier distribution in InGaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) can be significantly inhomogeneous. However, the conventional ABC recombination model assumes that carriers are uniformly distributed throughout the MQW. In this paper, a modified ABC model that considers the unequal carrier density in the QWs was developed. From the analysis of the developed ABC model, the effective recombination coefficients and modified internal quantum efficiency (IQE) were obtained for an arbitrary carrier distribution in MQWs. The efficiency droop was found to be aggravated as the carrier distribution was increasingly inhomogeneous. However, it was also found that the effect of inhomogeneous carrier distribution alone was not sufficient to explain the IQE droop with the theoretical Auger recombination coefficient based on indirect Auger processes. The developed ABC model is expected to provide insight into the influence of inhomogeneous carrier distributions in MQWs on the efficiency droop in GaN-based light-emitting diodes.     

光电耦合对InGaN/GaN量子阱光学性能的影响

围绕高性能GaN基垂直腔面发射激光器(VCSELs),设计了两种具有不同光电耦合强度的InGaN/GaN量子阱(QWs)样品,研究了它们的光学性质。样品A在腔模的两个波腹处各放置两个InGaN耦合量子阱,而样品B在腔模的一个波腹处放置5个InGaN耦合量子阱。计算表明样品A具有较大的相对光限制因子1.79,而样品B为1.47。光学测试发现样品A有着更高的内量子效率(IQE)和更高的辐射复合效率。使用两种样品制作了光泵VCSEL结构,在光激发下实现激射,其中基于样品A的VCSEL有着更低的激射阈值。结果表明有源区结构会显著影响量子阱与光场的耦合作用、外延片的内量子效率、辐射复合寿命和VCSEL激射阈值,同时也说明样品A的有源区结构更有利于制作低阈值的VCSEL器件。     

Blue InGaN light-emitting diodes with dip-shaped quantum wells

InGaN based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with dip-shaped quantum wells and conventional rectangular quantum wells are numerically investigated by using the APSYS simulation software. It is found that the structure with dip-shaped quantum wells shows improved light output power, lower current leakage and less efficiency droop. Based on numerical simulation and analysis, these improvements on the electrical and the optical characteristics are attributed mainly to the alleviation of the electrostatic field in dip-shaped InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs).