Investigation of blue InGaN light-emitting diodes with step-like quantum well

摘要

The concept of a step-like quantum well is proposed with the purpose to reduce the influence of electrostatic field resulting from the piezoelectric effect on the optical performance of blue InGaN light-emitting diodes. Particularly, the optical properties of the LED structures with the In_0.23Ga_0.77N single quantum well, In_0.20Ga_0.80N/In_0.26Ga_0.74N step-like quantum well, and In_0.26Ga_0.74N/In_0.20Ga_0.80N step-like quantum well are numerically investigated in detail. Simulation results show that the In_0.20Ga_0.80N/In_0.26Ga_0.74N step-like-quantum-well LED structure has the best optical performance in virtue of the improvement in spatial overlap of electrons and holes in the quantum well.