Comparison between blue lasers and light‐emitting diodes for future solid‐state lighting

JJ Wierer Jr, JY Tsao, DS Sizov - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state lighting (SSL) is now the most efficient source of high color quality white light
ever created. Nevertheless, the blue InGaN light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) that are the light …

Bulk GaN flip-chip violet light-emitting diodes with optimized efficiency for high-power operation

CA Hurni, A David, MJ Cich, RI Aldaz, B Ellis… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report on violet-emitting III-nitride light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on bulk GaN
substrates employing a flip-chip architecture. Device performance is optimized for operation …

Interplay of polarization fields and Auger recombination in the efficiency droop of nitride light-emitting diodes

E Kioupakis, Q Yan, CG Van de Walle - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We use theoretical modeling to investigate the effect of polarization fields and non-radiative
Auger recombination on the efficiency-droop and green-gap problems of polar and nonpolar …

Efficiency droop in InGaN/GaN blue light-emitting diodes: Physical mechanisms and remedies

G Verzellesi, D Saguatti, M Meneghini… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Physical mechanisms causing the efficiency droop in InGaN/GaN blue light-emitting diodes
and remedies proposed for droop mitigation are classified and reviewed. Droop …

Temperature and carrier-density dependence of Auger and radiative recombination in nitride optoelectronic devices

E Kioupakis, Q Yan, D Steiauf… - New Journal of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Nitride light-emitting diodes are a promising solution for efficient solid-state lighting, but their
performance at high power is affected by the efficiency-droop problem. Previous …

On the uncertainty of the Auger recombination coefficient extracted from InGaN/GaN light-emitting diode efficiency droop measurements

J Piprek, F Römer, B Witzigmann - Applied Physics Letters, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
III-nitride light-emitting diodes (LEDs) suffer from a severe efficiency reduction with
increasing injection current (droop). Auger recombination is often seen as primary cause of …

[HTML][HTML] Gallium vacancy complexes as a cause of Shockley-Read-Hall recombination in III-nitride light emitters

CE Dreyer, A Alkauskas, JL Lyons, JS Speck… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a mechanism by which complexes between gallium vacancies and oxygen
and/or hydrogen act as efficient channels for nonradiative recombination in InGaN alloys …

First-principles calculations of indirect Auger recombination in nitride semiconductors

E Kioupakis, D Steiauf, P Rinke, KT Delaney… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Auger recombination is an important nonradiative carrier recombination mechanism in many
classes of optoelectronic devices. The microscopic Auger processes can be either direct or …

The potential of III‐nitride laser diodes for solid‐state lighting

JJ Wierer Jr, JY Tsao, DS Sizov - physica status solidi (c), 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The potential of III‐nitride based laser diodes (LDs) for solid‐state lighting (SSL) is
discussed. State‐of‐the‐art blue LDs have higher efficiencies at high input power densities …

Modulation bandwidth studies of recombination processes in blue and green InGaN quantum well micro-light-emitting diodes

RP Green, JJD McKendry, D Massoubre, E Gu… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We report modulation bandwidth measurements on a number of InGaN-based quantum well
LEDs emitting at 450 and 520 nm wavelengths. It is shown that for these devices the data …