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Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 1117(2021)

Electrical and optical characteristics of highly transparent MOVPE-grown AlGaN-based tunnel heterojunction LEDs emitting at 232 nm

Frank Mehnke1,3、*, Christian Kuhn1, Martin Guttmann1, Luca Sulmoni1, Verena Montag1, Johannes Glaab2, Tim Wernicke1, and Michael Kneissl1,2
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  • 1Institute of Solid State Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
  • 2Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, 12489 Berlin, Germany
  • 3Current address: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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    Frank Mehnke, Christian Kuhn, Martin Guttmann, Luca Sulmoni, Verena Montag, Johannes Glaab, Tim Wernicke, Michael Kneissl, "Electrical and optical characteristics of highly transparent MOVPE-grown AlGaN-based tunnel heterojunction LEDs emitting at 232 nm," Photonics Res. 9, 1117 (2021)

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    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Nov. 9, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 21, 2021

    Published Online: Jun. 1, 2021

    The Author Email: Frank Mehnke (frank.mehnke@ece.gatech.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.414315

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