Low Droop Nonpolar GaN/InGaN Light Emitting Diode Grown on m-Plane GaN Substrate

Abstract

The low droop nonpolar m-plane InGaN/GaN light emitting diode (LED) has been fabricated and investigated. The external quantum efficiency for a 300x300 mu m square LED chip only drops about 18% from maximum at an operation current of 22 A/cm(2) (20 mA) to 330 A/cm(2) (300 mA) dc operations at room temperature. In addition, the internal quantum efficiency has been extracted by temperature-dependent photoluminescence measurements, and there is no droop observed as the carrier density increases. The small droop in efficiency of m-plane LEDs could be due to the lack of polarization effects that enhances the carrier confinement under high current density operation. The polarization anisotropy is clearly observed in the m-plane LED, and the degree of polarization is 68%.