Modeling of nitride based core/multishell nanowire light emitting diodes

Clarisse Mazuir; Winston V. Schoenfeld

doi:10.1117/1.2516674

1 January 2007 Modeling of nitride based core/multishell nanowire light emitting diodes

Clarisse Mazuir, Winston V. Schoenfeld

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 013503 (January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2516674

Abstract

A comprehensive theoretical model for InGaN core/multishell nanowire (CMS NW) light emitting diodes (LEDs) has been developed that accurately predicts both electrical and optical properties of CMS NW structures. Using the model, the electron and hole injection in a CMS NW device was studied, showing that the InGaN quantum well (QW) serves as a high electron mobility channel for electron injection while the poor hole conductivity in the p-GaN outer layer confines hole injection to an area directly below the p-contact. Light generation in the CMS NW was found to occur only directly below the p-contact in the InGaN QW as a result of the isolated hole injection. The model was found to accurately predict the optical emission of the CMS NWs for both changes in thickness and Indium composition of the InGaN QW when compared to experimental values from the literature. Piezoelectric effects were not found to play a significant role in the CMS NWs, suggesting that alloy broadening and excitonic emission are the dominant role in determining the FWHM of the CMS NW emission.

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Clarisse Mazuir and Winston V. Schoenfeld "Modeling of nitride based core/multishell nanowire light emitting diodes," Journal of Nanophotonics 1(1), 013503 (1 January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2516674

Published: 1 January 2007

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