Analysis of 270/290/330-nm AlGaN-Based Deep Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes With Different Al Content in Quantum Wells and Barriers

Author

Yang, G.F. ; Zhang, Q. ; Wang, J. ; Gao, S.M. ; Zhang, R. ; Zheng, Y.D.

Author_Institution

Jiangsu Provincial Res. Center of Light Ind. Optoelectron. Eng. & Technol., Jiangnan Univ., Wuxi, China

Volume

7

Issue

6

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The optical and electrical properties of 270/290/330-nm AlGaN-based deep ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with different Al content in quantum wells and barriers have been investigated systematically. Based on the experimental and numerical study, it is observed that the UV LEDs with longer wavelength and lower Al composition in AlGaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) possess less dislocation density, higher light output power, and external quantum efficiency. Large ideality factors calculated from the I-V curves and simulated energy band profiles indicate that the current in the deep UV LEDs with high Al content is dominated by tunneling mechanism, which is attributed to the resulting potential drop in the active region caused by large polarization field in AlGaN MQWs.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; light emitting diodes; semiconductor quantum wells; tunnelling; wide band gap semiconductors; Al content; AlGaN; I-V curves; deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes; dislocation density; electrical properties; energy band profiles; external quantum efficiency; ideality factors; multiple quantum wells; optical properties; output power; quantum barriers; tunneling mechanism; wavelength 270 nm to 330 nm; Aluminum gallium nitride; Light emitting diodes; Mathematical model; Optical polarization; Power generation; Quantum well devices; Wide band gap semiconductors; AlGaN; deep ultraviolet; light-emitting diodes; light-emitting diodes (LEDs); numerical simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2491604

Filename

7299249