Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 24, Issue 6, 727(2007)

Effect of coupling layer of p-contact on light-extraction efficiency of nitride-based light-emitted diodes

Pin-qi ZHENG*, Guang-han FAN, Shu-ti LI, Hui-qing SUN, Shu-weng ZHENG, and Hai-ying XING
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    Extensive application of GaN-based blue LED is greatly affected by increase in light-extraction efficiency. Refraction index of Ohmic contact to p-type GaN developed by oxidizing Ni/Au thin films is calculated. Power flow propagation within the p-contact is analyzed and coupling layer with proper refraction index over the p-contact is design to reduce light-absorption and reflection by p-contact. Frustum of cone structure scheme of ITO layer is applied to attenuating total reflectance(ATR)of the interface between air and ITO so that light-extraction efficiency of GaN-based LED can be increased. Result calculated by transfer matrix method shows that transmissivity of coupling layer/p-contact films at 450 nm wavelength increases to 75% for the ITO coupling layer with optical thickness of π/2 and refraction index of 2.02.

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    ZHENG Pin-qi, FAN Guang-han, LI Shu-ti, SUN Hui-qing, ZHENG Shu-weng, XING Hai-ying. Effect of coupling layer of p-contact on light-extraction efficiency of nitride-based light-emitted diodes[J]. Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2007, 24(6): 727

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    Received: Dec. 18, 2006

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 7, 2010

    The Author Email: Pin-qi ZHENG (budizen@tom.com)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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