The AlGaN claddings have been successfully removed in case of nitride LDs grown on polar, semipolar and nonpolar GaN orientations. To eliminate aluminum from the design of the LD both of the mentioned above functions have to be provided by other means to ensure proper operation of the device. Thin Al yGa 1-yN:Mg layer, with y = 0.10-0.30, placed between the active region and the p-doped layers, acts as an energetic barrier to prevent electron overflow (see Fig. In case of the nitride LDs the AlGaN layers are used to serve two independent purposes:Дў. The removal of aluminum from the nitride LD design may extend the knowledge on the mechanism of their degradation. This change was solely attributed to the elimination of, highly susceptible to oxidation, aluminum from the device structure. The devices operated for 30 000 hours without any visible degradation.

In particular, the change of the material system from AlGaAs/GaAs to InGaAsP/GaAs increased the lifetime of LDs operating at О» = 808 nm by few orders of magnitude. The removal of aluminum, highly susceptible to oxidation, from the design of LDs based on the III-As and III-P material systems had greatly improved the lifetime of the devices. In the infrared LDs the lifetime of the devices was strongly limited by the facet oxidation. The possibility of removal of highly susceptible to oxidation aluminum from the nitride LD design can change the degradation mechanism as in the case of infrared LDs. Additionally, the dislocation density strongly affects the degradation rate leading to a conclusion that the diffusion takes place in the dislocation vicinity.ДЄll of the studies on the degradation of nitride LDs were done on (Al,In,Ga)-N material system. The nature of these centers remains unknown but the cause of their appearance is electrodiffusion. The major contribution to the degradation is caused by an increase in the non-radiative recombination centers in the active region. The degradation of nitride LDs has been widely studied. The general lighting application requires the devices to have an extremely high lifetime which will became a problem to be addressed in the case of LDs. However, the degradation rate of the devices increases with the current density. Furthermore, the possibility of operating the device at high current densities allows to decrease the dimensions of the device. The LDs operating above the lasing threshold at high injection currents do not suffer from the droop of internal quantum efficiency as much as LEDs do.

It is predicted, however, that future nitride laser diodes (LDs) might have comparable or even higher efficiency than the LEDs making them a product of choice in the general lighting application. The biggest is the general lighting which, due to the high efficiency of nitride light emitting diodes (LEDs), has been truly revolutionized. The nitride optoelectronics serves few important roles in our everyday life. В© 2017 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement 1. Furthermore, comprehensive theoretical calculations are presented to show the impact of removal of aluminum from the structure on LD properties. It is found that aluminum, which is highly susceptible to oxidation, has no influence on the degradation mechanism of nitride optoelectronic devices. The lifetime of the devices with and without aluminum are studied. Aluminum is successfully eliminated from the cladding layers and the electron blocking layer.

Note: Author names will be searched in the keywords field, also, but that may find papers where the person is mentioned, rather than papers they authored.ДЄn aluminum-free nitride laser diode (LD) operating at a wavelength of О» = 452 nm with a threshold current density of j th = 4.2 kA/cm2 grown by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy is demonstrated.

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