A vertical AlGaN deep ultraviolet (DUV) light emitting diode (LED) emitting at 322 nm was fabfricated by the laser lift-off technique. The emission area extended to the entire electrode uniformly, and the current crowding was suppressed effectively in the devices. As a result, the differential conductance of the vertical LED was improved by a factor of 5 and the operation voltage was reduced to half, compared to that of the lateral LED. The self-heating effect was effectively suppressed even at high-current-density operation. The vertical structure in the high resistive AlGaN LED has potential application in high-power AlGaN DUV devices.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:89
,
Issue:
26
)
Date of Publication:
Dec 2006
- Page(s):
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261114
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261114-3
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.2424668
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Dec 2006