Growth and characterization of single, InGaN quantum well in nonpolar a-plane (11(2)over-bar0) InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes
- Authors
- Bang, Kyuhyun; Jung, Sukkoo; Baik, Kwang Hyeon; Myoung, Jae-Min
- Issue Date
- Jun-2017
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Keywords
- InGaN; Quantum well; Nonpolar; Light-emitting diode
- Citation
- CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS, v.17, no.6, pp.842 - 846
- Journal Title
- CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 842
- End Page
- 846
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/5690
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cap.2017.03.016
- ISSN
- 1567-1739
- Abstract
- We studied the In incorporation efficiency and composition distribution in a nonpolar a-plane InGaN (a-InGaN) quantum well (QW) layer. The In compositions decreased with increasing growth temperatures due to increased In desorption from InGaN surfaces. It was clear that the In incorporation efficiency on a nonpolar GaN surface is lower than that on a polar c-plane GaN. In addition, the In incorporation rate on an a-InGaN layer could be increased by decreasing the Will ratio without lowering the growth temperature. In the case of the a-InGaN layer, a composition pulling effect was also observed, suggesting that the In composition of the a-InGaN layer increases along the normal growth direction from the bottom to the top of the InGaN QW layer. Using high-resolution XRD 2 theta-omega scans, we found that there existed convex graded In compositions ranging from 4 to 12.7% in an a-InGaN QW layer along the growth direction. No wavelength shift with a current injection of 20-100 mA confirmed the absence of a polarization field. The shift in the electroluminescence (EL) peak energy was similar to 11 meV between the electric field parallel and perpendicular to the c-axis components, which was caused by the valence band splitting due to the in-plane compressive strain of the 10 nm a-InGaN QW layer. The EL polarization anisotropy was clearly observed with a polarization ratio of 55%. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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