High-brightness AlGaInP 573-nm light-emitting diode with a chirped multiquantum barrier

Author

Chang, C.S. ; Su, Y.K. ; Chang, S.J. ; Chang, P.T. ; Wu, Y.R. ; Huang, K.H. ; Chen, T.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

Volume

34

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

83

Abstract

A novel chirped multiquantum barrier (CMQB) structure was used for AlGaInP light-emitting devices. We have theoretically studied the blocking efficiency of the CMQB structure and found that the CMQB structure is more effective in blocking the electron wave than the conventional uniform multiquantum barrier (UMQB) structure. AlGaInP light emitting diodes (LEDs) with the CMQB structure and the UMQB structure were both fabricated and compared. It was found that the luminescence intensity of the AlGaInP CMQB LED is larger and the intensity distribution of the AlGaInP CMQB LED is more uniform than the AlGaInP UMQB LED. The intensity-current measurement also shows that the electroluminescence intensity of the AlGaInP CMQB LED starts to saturate at a higher injection current

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroluminescent devices; gallium compounds; indium compounds; light emitting diodes; optical fabrication; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semiconductor quantum wells; 573 nm; AlGaInP; blocking efficiency; chirped multiquantum barrier; electroluminescence intensity; electron wave; fabrication; high-brightness light emitting diode; injection current; intensity distribution; intensity-current measurement; light-emitting diode; luminescence intensity; uniform multiquantum barrier; Chemical vapor deposition; Chirp; Current measurement; Electrons; Leakage current; Light emitting diodes; Luminescence; Organic light emitting diodes; Photonic band gap; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.655010

Filename

655010