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Recombination Mechanism in Short-Wavelength GaN/AlGaN Quantum Wells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

D. Fuhrmann ,
T. Retzlaff ,
U. Rossow  and
A. Hangleiter
D. Fuhrmann
Affiliation:
Institut für Technische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 2, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany E-mail: a.hangleiter@tu-bs.de
T. Retzlaff
Affiliation:
Institut für Technische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 2, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany E-mail: a.hangleiter@tu-bs.de
U. Rossow
Affiliation:
Institut für Technische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 2, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany E-mail: a.hangleiter@tu-bs.de
A. Hangleiter
Affiliation:
Institut für Technische Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 2, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany E-mail: a.hangleiter@tu-bs.de
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Abstract

To date, light emission by AlGaN-based heterostructures and LED's operating in the ultraviolet region is far less efficient than emission from longer wavelength structures based on GaInN. We have realized GaN/AlGaN quantum well structures emitting in the 360–320 nm range with peak room-temperature internal efficiencies reaching more than 20 %. From detailed studies of the temperature and excitation power dependence of the efficiency we find that excitons play a crucial role enhancing radiative recombination in such structures. Except for the peak internal efficiency, which reaches 73 % in GaInN/GaN, the overall behavior in GaN/AlGaN and GaInN/GaN is very similar, suggesting that the main difference is the nonradiative recombination mechanism.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 831: Symposium E – GaN, AlN, InN, and Their Alloys , 2004 , E5.9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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