Efficiency models for GaN-based light-emitting diodes: Status and challenges

J Piprek - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) have been revolutionizing
various applications in lighting, displays, biotechnology, and other fields. However, their …

A first-principles understanding of point defects and impurities in GaN

JL Lyons, D Wickramaratne… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Attaining control over the electrical conductivity of gallium nitride through impurity doping is
one of the foremost achievements in semiconductor science. Yet, unwanted contaminants …

Predicting and designing optical properties of inorganic materials

JM Rondinelli, E Kioupakis - Annual Review of Materials …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Modern first-principles calculations based on density functional theory and related
techniques enable the predictive modeling of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Demonstration of a III-nitride vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a III-nitride tunnel junction intracavity contact

JT Leonard, EC Young, BP Yonkee, DA Cohen… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report on a III-nitride vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with a III-nitride tunnel
junction (TJ) intracavity contact. The violet nonpolar VCSEL employing the TJ is compared to …

Temperature and carrier-density dependence of Auger and radiative recombination in nitride optoelectronic devices

E Kioupakis, Q Yan, D Steiauf… - New Journal of …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Nitride light-emitting diodes are a promising solution for efficient solid-state lighting, but their
performance at high power is affected by the efficiency-droop problem. Previous …

First-principles calculations of indirect Auger recombination in nitride semiconductors

E Kioupakis, D Steiauf, P Rinke, KT Delaney… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Auger recombination is an important nonradiative carrier recombination mechanism in many
classes of optoelectronic devices. The microscopic Auger processes can be either direct or …

Demonstration of a III-nitride edge-emitting laser diode utilizing a GaN tunnel junction contact

BP Yonkee, EC Young, C Lee, JT Leonard… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a III-nitride edge emitting laser diode (EELD) grown on a (2021) bulk GaN
substrate with a GaN tunnel junction contact for hole injection. The tunnel junction was …

Optical-loss suppressed InGaN laser diodes using undoped thick waveguide structure

M Kawaguchi, O Imafuji, S Nozaki… - … and devices XI, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We propose optical-loss suppressed thick-optical-waveguide (TOW) InGaN laser diodes
(LDs) without operatingvoltage increase. A record high continuous-wave (CW) output of 7.2 …

Comparative efficiency analysis of GaN-based light-emitting diodes and laser diodes

J Piprek - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura predicted in 2014 that GaN-based laser diodes are the
future of solid state lighting. However, blue GaN-lasers still exhibit less than 40% wall-plug …

Continuous-wave operation of (Al, In) GaN distributed-feedback laser diodes with high-order notched gratings

TJ Slight, S Stanczyk, S Watson, A Yadav… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the continuous-wave, room-temperature operation of a distributed-feedback
laser diode (DFB-LD) with high-order notched gratings. The design, fabrication, and …