Investigation of GaN LED with Be-implanted Mg-doped GaN layer

Abstract

We report the electrical and optical characteristics of GaN light emitting diode (LED) with beryllium (Be) implanted Mg-doped GaN layer. The p-type layer of Be-implanted GaN LED showed a higher hole carrier concentration of 2.3 x 10(18)CM(-3) and low specific contact resistance value of 2.0 x 10(-4) Omegacm(2) than as-grown p-GaN LED samples without Be-implantation. The Be-implanted GaN LEDs with InGaN/GaN MQW show slightly lower light output (about 10%) than the as-grown GaN LEDs, caused by the high RTA temperature annealing process. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.