Структурные, электрические и люминесцентные характеристики ультрафиолетовых светодиодов, выращенных методом хлорид–гидридной эпитаксии

Изучены электрические и люминесцентные характеристики светодиодных структур (СД), излучающих в ближней ультрафиолетовой (УФ) области и выращенных методом хлорид−гидридной эпитаксии. Обнаружены различия в характеристиках УФ СД, выращенных в номинально одинаковых условиях, которые приписывают различиям в структурном совершенстве (плотности дислокаций и дислокационных агломератов) в активных слоях GaN, разнице в степени релаксации напряжений, достигаемой с помощью сверхрешеток AlGaN/AlGaN, а также существованию каналов токовых утечек в слоях AlGaN, ограничивающих заряд в двойной гетероструктуре. 

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