Influence of free-standing GaN substrate on ultraviolet light-emitting-diodes by atmospheric-pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

C. Y. Shieh; Z. Y. Li; C. H. Chiu; P. M. Tu; H. C. Kuo; G. C. Chi

doi:10.1117/12.2003673

27 March 2013 Influence of free-standing GaN substrate on ultraviolet light-emitting-diodes by atmospheric-pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

C. Y. Shieh, Z. Y. Li, C. H. Chiu, P. M. Tu, H. C. Kuo, G. C. Chi

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Proceedings Volume 8625, Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices VIII; 862525 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003673
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We reported the influence of free-standing (FS) GaN substrate on ultraviolet light-emitting-diodes (UV LEDs) by atmospheric-pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (APMOCVD). The Raman spectrum shows the in-plane compressive stress of the GaN epitaxial structures grown on FS GaN substrate. Besides, the Raman spectrum reveals the relation between the crystal quality and the carrier localization degree in multi-quantum wells (MQWs). High resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) analysis results show that the In_0.025Ga_0.975N/Al_0.08Ga_0.92N MQWs grown on FS GaN substrate has higher indium mole fraction than sapphire at the same growth conditions. The higher indium incorporation is corresponding with the red-shift 6 nm (387 nm) of the room temperature photoluminescence (PL) peak. The full widths at half maximum (FWHM) of omega-scan rocking curve in (002) and (102) reflectance on FS GaN substrate (83 arcsec and 77 arcsec) are narrower than UV LEDs grown on sapphire (288 arcsec and 446 arcsec). This superior quality may attribute to homoepitaxial growth structure and better strain relaxation in the FS GaN substrate. An anomalous temperature behavior of PL in UV LEDs designated as an S-shaped peak position dependence and W-shaped linewidth dependence indicate that exciton/carrier motion occurs via photon-assisted tunneling through localized states, what results in incomplete thermalization of localized excitons at low temperature. The Gaussian broadening parameters of carrier localization is about 16.98 meV from the temperature dependent photoluminescence (TDPL) measurement. The saturation temperature from the TDPL linewidth of UV LEDs on FS GaN substrate at about 175 K represents a crossover from a nonthermalized to thermalized energy distribution of excitons.

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C. Y. Shieh, Z. Y. Li, C. H. Chiu, P. M. Tu, H. C. Kuo, and G. C. Chi "Influence of free-standing GaN substrate on ultraviolet light-emitting-diodes by atmospheric-pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition", Proc. SPIE 8625, Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices VIII, 862525 (27 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003673

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