Nitride-based emitters on SiC substrates

John A. Edmond; Hua-Shuang Kong; Michelle T. Leonard; Kathy Doverspike; Gary E. Bulman; Warren Weeks; Kenneth G. Irvine; Vladimir A. Dmitriev

doi:10.1117/12.271027

4 April 1997 Nitride-based emitters on SiC substrates

John A. Edmond, Hua-Shuang Kong, Michelle T. Leonard, Kathy Doverspike, Gary E. Bulman, Warren Weeks, Kenneth G. Irvine, Vladimir A. Dmitriev

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Proceedings Volume 3002, Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271027
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Single crystal thin films with compositions from the AlN- InN-GaN system were grown via metal-organic chemical vapor deposition on single crystal 6H-SiC substrates. AlGaN containing high and low fractions of Al was grown directly on the SiC for use as a buffer layer. Subsequent epitaxial layers of GaN and AlGaN were doped with Mg and Si to achieve p-type conductivity, respectively. N-type InGaN layers with In compositions up to approximately 50 percent were also achieved. Room temperature photoluminescence on these films exhibited single peaks in the spectral range from the UV to green. Various layers were combined to form light emitting diode (LED) and laser structures. Blue LEDs with both insulating and conductive buffer layers exhibited an external quantum efficiency of 2-3 percent with a forward operating voltage of 3.4-3.7 V. Laser diode structures having a separate confinement heterostructure multiple quantum well configuration were optically and electrically pumped. Photopumping resulted in stimulated emission at 391 nm. Electrically pumped structures resulted in a peak emission at 393 nm and a bandwidth of 12 nm. No lasing was observed.

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John A. Edmond, Hua-Shuang Kong, Michelle T. Leonard, Kathy Doverspike, Gary E. Bulman, Warren Weeks, Kenneth G. Irvine, and Vladimir A. Dmitriev "Nitride-based emitters on SiC substrates", Proc. SPIE 3002, Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications, (4 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271027

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