Time-resolved and quasi-cw photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy was applied to measure the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of c-plane InGaN single quantum wells (QWs) grown on sapphire substrates using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. The identical temperature dependence of the PL decay times and radiative recombination times at low temperatures confirmed that the low temperature IQE is 100%, which allowed evaluation of the absolute IQE at elevated temperatures. At 300 K, the IQE for QWs emitting in green and green–yellow spectral regions was more than 60%. The weak nonradiative recombination in QWs with a substantial concentration of threading dislocations and V-defects (∼2 × 108 cm−2) shows that these extended defects do not notably affect the carrier recombination.
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Controlled growth of InGaN quantum dots on photoelectrochemically etched InGaN quantum dot templates
- Award ID(s):
- 1708227
- PAR ID:
- 10155176
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Crystal Growth
- Volume:
- 540
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0022-0248
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 125652
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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