Direct evidence for suppression of Auger recombination in GaInAsSbP/InAs mid-infrared light-emitting diodes
Author(s) -
Kieran J. Cheetham,
A. Krier,
I. P. Marko,
A. M. Aldukhayel,
Stephen J. Sweeney
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3646910
Subject(s) - auger effect , electroluminescence , diode , optoelectronics , band gap , infrared , auger , materials science , hydrostatic pressure , light emitting diode , wide bandgap semiconductor , radiative transfer , spontaneous emission , atomic physics , optics , laser , physics , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , thermodynamics
Mid-infrared light emitting diodes based on the pentanary alloy GaInAsSbP have been engineered to provide a favourable band structure for the suppression of non-radiative Auger recombination which is dominant in narrow band gap III-V materials. Hydrostatic pressure measurements at room temperature and at 100 K were used to tune the band gap towards resonance with the spin-orbit band gap. Analysis of the resulting electroluminescence confirms that the non-radiative Auger recombination process involving the spin-orbit-split-off-band is suppressed under ambient conditions
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