Carrier dynamics in active regions for ultraviolet optoelectronics grown on thick, relaxed AlGaN on semipolar bulk GaN

Gregory A. Garrett, Paul Rotella, Hongen Shen, Michael Wraback, Daniel A. Haeger, Roy B. Chung, Nathan Pfaff, Erin C. Young, Steven P. Denbaars, James S. Speck, Daniel A. Cohen

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Abstract

Active regions for mid-ultraviolet laser diodes grown on bulk AlGaN templates are investigated by time-resolved photoluminescence. The active regions were grown pseudomorphically on thick, relaxed AlGaN on bulk GaN in the semi-polar (202̄1) orientation where it has been shown that the glide of dislocations create strain relieving defects confined to the AlGaN/GaN interface, away from the active region. The photoluminescence lifetimes were found to have mono-exponential decays of around 500ps and calculated radiative and non-radiative lifetimes are compared to previously reported results for active regions on bulk m-plane GaN.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)507-510
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (B): Basic Research
Volume249
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Semipolar AlGaN
  • Time-resolved photoluminescence
  • Ultraviolet laser diodes

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