Fabrication of nonpolar indium gallium nitride thin films, heterostructures, and devices by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
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1. A p-n junction device structure, comprising at least:
- nonpolar III-nitride layers, comprising at least one or more nonpolar oriented Indium-containing III-nitride layers, wherein a material quality of the nonpolar III-nitride layers enables the p-n junction device structure to function in response to direct current density between 43 amps per centimeter square and 222 Amps per centimeter square.
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Abstract
A method for the fabrication of nonpolar indium gallium nitride (InGaN) films as well as nonpolar InGaN-containing device structures using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOVCD). The method is used to fabricate nonpolar InGaN/GaN violet and near-ultraviolet light emitting diodes and laser diodes.
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23 Claims
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1. A p-n junction device structure, comprising at least:
nonpolar III-nitride layers, comprising at least one or more nonpolar oriented Indium-containing III-nitride layers, wherein a material quality of the nonpolar III-nitride layers enables the p-n junction device structure to function in response to direct current density between 43 amps per centimeter square and 222 Amps per centimeter square. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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15. An optoelectronic device structure, comprising:
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a light emitting device structure grown on a nonpolar surface of a III-nitride template or substrate, wherein; the light emitting device structure'"'"'s active region comprises one or more nonpolar Indium-containing III-nitride layers, and the light-emitting device structure has an External Quantum Efficiency (EQE) droop of between 0 and 20% percent at a direct current density between 33.33 Amps per centimeter square and 111 Amps per centimeter square (A/cm2), as compared to a maximum EQE. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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16. A transistor device structure, comprising:
one or more nonpolar Indium-containing III-nitride layers overlying a grown non-polar surface of a III-nitride template or substrate with a threading dislocation density of less than 1×
109 cm −
2 and a stacking fault density of less than 1×
104 cm −
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