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Towards Discrete Axial p-n Junction Nanowire LEDs Grown by Plasma-Assisted MBE
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Author(s)
Matthew D. Brubaker
Abstract
In this paper we investigate axial p-n junction GaN nanowires grown by plasma-assisted MBE, with particular attention to the effect of Mg doping on the device characteristics of individual nanowire LEDs. We observe that single-nanowire LEDs produce measureable band-gap electroluminescence for a significant fraction of devices only when a thin AlGaN electron blocking layer is incorporated into the device structure near the junction. This observation and the low external quantum efficiency of the devices indicate that the primary non-radiative loss mechanism is the overflow of electrons from the n-type region through the p-type region and directly into the p-side contact. This effect is exacerbated by low p-type doping activity and Schottky-like contacts, which were confirmed by I-V measurements of the p-regions in junction nanowires as well as nanowires doped with Mg only. Our observations also show that diode-like I-V characteristics are observed even when an ideal p-n junction is absent.
Brubaker, M.
(2013),
Towards Discrete Axial p-n Junction Nanowire LEDs Grown by Plasma-Assisted MBE, Journal of Electronic Materials, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-013-2498-y
(Accessed March 28, 2024)