Density-activated defect recombination as a possible explanation for the efficiency droop in GaN-based diodes

作者: J. Hader , J. V. Moloney , S. W. Koch

DOI: 10.1063/1.3446889

关键词: LaserCarrier generation and recombinationDiodeVoltage droopRecombinationQuantum efficiencyOptoelectronicsSemiconductor laser theoryMaterials science

摘要: It is shown that a carrier loss process modeling density-activated defect recombination can reproduce the experimentally observed droop of internal quantum efficiency in GaN-based laser diodes.

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