The effect of the low-mole InGaN structure and InGaN/GaN strained layer superlattices on optical performance of multiple quantum well active layers

Shi Jong Leem, Young Chul Shin, Kyoung Chan Kim, Eun Hong Kim, Yun Mo Sung, Youngboo Moon, Sung Min Hwang, Tae Geun Kim

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Abstract

We report on the effects of both a low-mole InGaN (LMI) structure and an InGaN/GaN strained layer superlattices (SLSs) structure as a buffer layer on the strain relaxation and the optical performance of an InGaN/GaN quantum well (QW) grown on c-plane sapphire substrates by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). We investigated their structural and optical properties by varying the indium mole fraction, the thickness of InGaN, and the periodicity of the InGaN/GaN SLSs. We found that 300-Å-thick In0.03Ga0.97N LMI and 10 pair In0.1Ga0.9N/GaN (24/40 Å) SLSs were the optimal conditions to reduce the strain of an InGaN/GaN QW. The wavelength shift was reduced to as small as 7 nm for LEDs with In0.1Ga0.9N/GaN SLSs. We speculate that the reduction in the wavelength shift in the In0.1Ga0.9N/GaN SLSs LEDs resulted from the reduction of the strain in the MQW.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)103-106
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Crystal Growth
Volume311
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Dec 15

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MOST) through project number [R01-2007-000-11760-0] and the Quantum Photonic Science Research Center.

Keywords

  • A1. Stresses
  • A3. Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
  • B2. Semiconducting III-V materials
  • B3. Light emitting diodes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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