LI Shu-ti, FAN Guang-han, ZHOU Tian-ming, WANG Hao, SUN Hui-qing, ZHENG Shu-wen, GUO Zhi-you. Influence of Si-doping on the Characteristics of AlGaInP/GaInP Multiple Quantum Wells[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2004,25(4): 375-378
LI Shu-ti, FAN Guang-han, ZHOU Tian-ming, WANG Hao, SUN Hui-qing, ZHENG Shu-wen, GUO Zhi-you. Influence of Si-doping on the Characteristics of AlGaInP/GaInP Multiple Quantum Wells[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2004,25(4): 375-378DOI:
The Si-doping AlGaInP/GaInP multiple quantum wells red LED wafers were grown by EMCORE GS/3200 low pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD).Properties of these wafers were investigated by double crystal X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence measurement.The influence of Si-doping on the characteristics of AlGaInP/GaInP multiple quantum wells was studied.The GaAs substrates used were cut 15 degree off the(100) plane towards the [011] direction.TMGa
TMIn
TMAl
AsH
3
and PH
3
were used as Ga
In
Al
As
P precursors
respectively.CP
2
Mg and SiH
4
were used as p and n type doping reagents.The growth temperature was 620~72℃.The sequence of layers grown on n-GaAs substrate was
0.5μm n-GaAs buffer with the carrier concentration of about 5×10
17
cm
-3
15 periods Al
0.5
Ga
0.5
As:Si/AlAs:Si DBR
0.5μm n-(Al
0.7
Ga
0.3
)
0.5
In
0.5
P cladding layer with carrier concentration of about 3×10
17
cm
-3
(Al
0.3
Ga
0.7
)
0.5
In
0.5
P/Ga
0.5
In
0.5
P multiple quantum wells
0.5μm p-(Al
0.7
Ga
0.3
)
0.5
In
0.5
P cladding layer with carrier concentration of about 6×10
17
cm
-3
and 5μm p-GaP current spreading layer with carrier concentration of about 5×10
18
cm
-3
.Three AlGaInP LED wafers with different Si doping in 10 periods MQW were studied.The Sample A is unintentional doping 10 periods MQW wafer.The Sample B is Si-doping in the barriers wafer.The Sample C was Sidoping in the barriers and wells wafer.The doping dose was the same as that of the 0.5μm n-(Al
0.7
Ga
0.3
)
0.5
In
0.5
P cladding layer.The(004) X-ray diffraction curves of these three wafers with different Si doping in 10 periods MQW were obtained.Besides the peaks of GaAs and AlGaInP
two satellite peaks are observed in all samples
which are listed by dashed line.It indicates that the interface quality of MQW does not become worse by Si doping.The periods of Sample A
B and C is 14.6
15.2
15.7nm
respectively.The growth rate of MQW increases with the Si-doping.In PL spectra of these three samples at room temperature
the peak intensity of Sample B is strong as 13 times as that of Sample A
and the peak intensity of Sample C is strong as 28 times as that of Sample A.It indicates that the PL intensity of MQW can be largely enhanced by the Si doping in MQW.Moreover
the peak position and width do not obviously change by Si-doping.