Investigating the competition of radiative and nonradiative recombination in (In,Ga)N quantum wells

  • S. Schulz
  • , J. McMahon
  • , E. Kioupakis
  • , R. M. Barrett
  • , R. Ahumada-Lazo
  • , J. A. Alanis
  • , P. Parkinson
  • , M. J. Kappers
  • , R. A. Oliver
  • , D. Binks

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Abstract

We present a combined theoretical and experimental analysis of Auger recombination in c-plane (In,Ga)N quantum wells. On the theoretical side we use an atomistic model that accounts for random alloy fluctuations to investigate the impact that temperature and carrier density has on the radiative and Auger recombination rate. Our calculations indicate a weak temperature dependence of the Auger rate compared to the temperature dependence of the radiative rate. However, with increasing carrier density the Auger rate increases more strongly when compared to the radiative rate. Our theory results indicate an onset of the efficiency drop at carrier densities ⪆ 1×1019cm-3, in very good agreement with our photoluminescence studies on similar (In,Ga)N quantum well samples. Overall, we find that alloy enhanced Auger recombination is sufficient to explain the experimental data investigated here.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication23rd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2023
EditorsPaolo Bardella, Alberto Tibaldi
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages57-58
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798350314298
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event23rd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2023 - Turin, Italy
Duration: 18 Sep 202321 Sep 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD
Volume2023-September
ISSN (Print)2158-3234

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTurin
Period18/09/2321/09/23

Keywords

  • Auger recombination
  • carrier localization
  • InGaN
  • quantum wells

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