Abstract
Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) nucleation studies of GaN on planar sapphire and nano-patterned AGOG (Deposition of Aluminum, Growth of Oxide, and Grain growth) sapphire substrates were conducted. The use of abbreviated GaN growth mode, which utilizes a process of using 15nm low temperature GaN buffer and bypassing etchback and recovery processes during epitaxy, enables the growth of high-quality GaN template on nano-patterned AGOG sapphire. The GaN template grown on nano-patterned AGOG sapphire by employing abbreviated growth mode has two orders of magnitude lower threading dislocation density than that of conventional GaN template grown on planar sapphire. The use of abbreviated growth mode also leads to significant reduction in cost of the epitaxy. The growths and characteristics of InGaN quantum wells (QWs) light emitting diodes (LEDs) on both templates were compared. The InGaN QWs LEDs grown on the nano-patterned AGOG sapphire demonstrated a 24% enhancement of output power enhancement over that of LEDs grown on conventional GaN templates.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Light-Emitting Diodes |
Subtitle of host publication | Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XIV |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XIV - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jan 26 2010 → Jan 28 2010 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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Volume | 7617 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
Other
Other | Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XIV |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Francisco, CA |
Period | 01/26/10 → 01/28/10 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to acknowledge funding support from the US Department of Energy ( DE-FC26-08NT01581 ) and US National Science Foundation ( ECCS # 0701421, and DMR # 0705299 ).
Keywords
- III-nitrides
- InGaN quantum wells
- Light emitting diodes
- Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
- Nano-patterned sapphire
- Nucleation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Computer Science Applications