p-Type Modulation Doped InGaN/GaN Dot-in-a-Wire White-Light-Emitting Diodes Monolithically Grown on Si(111) Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Full-color, catalyst-free InGaN/GaN dot-in-a-wire light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were monolithically grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy, with the emission characteristics controlled by the dot properties in a single epitaxial growth step. With the use of p-type modulation doping in the dot-in-a-wire heterostructures, we have demonstrated the most efficient phosphor-free white LEDs ever reported, which exhibit an internal quantum efficiency of ∼56.8%, nearly unaltered CIE chromaticity coordinates with increasing injection current, and virtually zero efficiency droop at current densities up to ∼640 A/cm(2). The remarkable performance is attributed to the superior three-dimensional carrier confinement provided by the electronically coupled dot-in-a-wire heterostructures, the nearly defect- and strain-free GaN nanowires, and the significantly enhanced hole transport due to the p-type modulation doping.

authors

  • Nguyen, HPT
  • Zhang, S
  • Cui, K
  • Han, X
  • Fathololoumi, S
  • Couillard, M
  • Botton, Gianluigi
  • Mi, Z

publication date

  • May 11, 2011