American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 23(103), p. 232107
DOI: 10.1063/1.4841555
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GaInN/GaN light-emitting diodes free of piezoelectric polarization were prepared on standard electronic-grade Si(100) substrates. Micro-stripes of GaN and GaInN/GaN quantum wells in the cubic crystal structure were grown on intersecting {111} planes of microscale V-grooved Si in metal organic vapor phase epitaxy, covering over 50% of the wafer surface. Crystal phases were identified in electron back-scattering diffraction. A cross-sectional analysis reveals a cubic structure virtually free of line defects. Electroluminescence over 20 to 100 A is found fixed at 487 nm (peak), 516 nm (dominant). Such structures therefore should allow higher efficiency, wavelength-stable light emitters throughout the visible spectrum.