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Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of quaternary AlInGaN multiple quantum well structures for deep ultraviolet emitters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

J. W. Yang ,
C. Q. Chen ,
J. P. Zhang ,
Q. Fareed ,
H. M. Wang ,
M. -Y. Ryu ,
E. Kuokstis ,
G. Simin  and
M. A. Khan
J. W. Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
C. Q. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
J. P. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Q. Fareed
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
H. M. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
M. -Y. Ryu
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
E. Kuokstis
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
G. Simin
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
M. A. Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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Abstract

We report on the growth of quaternary AlInGaN layers and MQWs by two different metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) techniques such as pulsed atomic layer epitaxy (PALE) and pulsed MOCVD (PMOCVD). For both growth processes, emission wavelength of quaternary MQWs can be tuned from 350 nm to 300 nm by simply changing the unit growth cell configurations. The PALE grown AlInGaN MQWs have a very smooth surface, few band tail states and exhibit a band-to-band emission. The PMOCVD grown AlInGaN MQWs exhibit a high density of band tail states, which strongly enhance spontaneous emission. Based on the characterization by photoluminescence, X-ray diffraction and AFM, both MOCVD techniques grown quaternary samples are shown to be promising for fabricating the active region of deep UV LEDs.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 722: Symposia K/L – Materials and Devices for Optoelectronics and Photonics – Photonic Crystals-From Materials to Devices , 2002 , K1.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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