Investigation of the carrier dynamic in GaN-based cascade green light-emitting diodes using the very fast electricaloptical pumpprobe technique

Jin Wei Shi, H. W. Huang, F. M. Kuo, W. C. Lai, Ming Lun Lee, Jinn Kong Sheu

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Abstract

For the first time, the internal carrier dynamic inside GaN-based green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) during operation has been directly observed using the demonstrated electricaloptical pumpprobe technique. Short electrical pulses (∼100 ps) were pumped into high-speed cascade green LEDs, and the output optical pulses were probed using high-speed photoreceiver circuits. Using such a method, the recombination time constant of the carriers can be directly measured without any assumption about the recombination process. A high-speed cascade LED structure was adopted in the experiments to eliminate the influence of the RCdelay time on the measured responses. Our measurement results indicate that both single- and three-LED cascade structures have the same internal response time due to current continuity. Furthermore, based on responses measured under different temperatures (from 25°Cto 200°C), the origin of the efficiency droop in GaN-based green LEDs under a high bias current density may be attributed to the strong nonradiative Auger effect rather than device heating or carrier overflow. The demonstrated measurement scheme and high-speed cascade device structure offer a novel and simple way to straightforwardly investigate the internal carrier dynamic inside the active layers of the LED during forward-bias operation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5665764
Pages (from-to)495-500
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011

Keywords

  • Carrier dynamic
  • GaN
  • cascade
  • efficiency droop
  • light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

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