Title :
Auger recombination in light-emitting materials
Author :
Kioupakis, Emmanouil ; Qimin Yan ; Van de Walle, Chris G.
Author_Institution :
Mater. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
First-principles calculations show that phonon-assisted Auger recombination and its interplay with the polarization fields in polar nitride LEDs play an important role in the efficiency-droop and green-gap problems of these devices.
Keywords :
Auger effect; ab initio calculations; light emitting diodes; first-principles calculations; green-gap problem; light-emitting materials; phonon-assisted Auger recombination; polar nitride LED; polarization fields; Light emitting diodes; Materials; Microscopy; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor device measurement; Solid state lighting;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
