Investigation of radiative tunneling in GaN/InGaN single quantum well light-emitting diodes

X. A. Cao, S. F. LeBoeuf, K. H. Kim, P. M. Sandvik, E. B. Stokes, A. Ebong, D. Walker, J. Kretchmer, J. Y. Lin, H. X. Jiang

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Abstract

The mechanisms of carrier injection and recombination in a GaN/InGaN single quantum well light-emitting diodes have been studied. Strong defect-assisted tunneling behavior has been observed in both forward and reverse current-voltage characteristics. In addition to band-edge emission at 400 nm, the electroluminescence has also been attributed to radiative tunneling from band-to-deep level states and band-to-band tail states. The approximately current-squared dependence of light intensity at 400 nm even at high currents indicates dominant nonradiative recombination through deep-lying states within the space-charge region. Inhomogeneous avalanche breakdown luminescence, which is primarily caused by deep-level recombination, suggests a nonuniform spatial distribution of reverse leakage in these diodes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2291-2294
Number of pages4
JournalSolid-State Electronics
Volume46
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2002

Keywords

  • GaN
  • Light-emitting diode
  • Nonradiative recombination
  • Radiative tunneling

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