N. A. Talnishnikh, A. E. Ivanov, E. I. Shabunina, N. M. Shmidt
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Abstract
A decrease in external quantum efficiency (EQE) of commercial LEDs based on MQW InGaN/GaN at wavelengths of 445, 530 and MQW AlGaN/GaN at 280 nm was experimentally studied in the standard aging mode at direct current. The decrease in EQE (regardless of the radiation wavelength) is found out to occur due to cooperative phenomena developing in 1–2 quantum wells (QWs) located in the space charge region (SCR) around the p–n junction, as well as in most of the QWs outside of SCR. It is shown that the inhomogeneous flow of current in these regions leads not only to the transformation of defects localized at heteroboundaries in the SCR and in lateral inhomogeneities in the alloy composition outside of SCR as well as in the extended defects, but also to a change in the alloy composition.
期刊介绍:
Optics and Spectroscopy (Optika i spektroskopiya), founded in 1956, presents original and review papers in various fields of modern optics and spectroscopy in the entire wavelength range from radio waves to X-rays. Topics covered include problems of theoretical and experimental spectroscopy of atoms, molecules, and condensed state, lasers and the interaction of laser radiation with matter, physical and geometrical optics, holography, and physical principles of optical instrument making.