We have grown laser diode structures using highly strained BeZnCdSe quantum wells by molecular beam epitaxy and successfully obtained continuous-wave lasing in the green-to-yellow spectral region (543–570 nm) at room temperature. The green-to-yellow lasing color was tuned by simply varying the Cd content of the quaternary BeZnCdSe quantum well. The threshold current densities of 20-µm-wide lasers were found to be sufficiently low (less than 0.85 kA/cm2). This result demonstrates that BeZnCdSe is a promising material for use as the active layer in high-performance green-to-yellow laser diodes.
The effect of extrinsic photon recycling (EPR) in p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN), namely, increased ionization ratio (R) of magnesium acceptors owing to radiative recombination, was quantitatively investigated. The lateral extension (L) of EPR was determined by using transmission-line-model (TLM) patterns, formed with GaN p–n junction epitaxial layers on free-standing substrates, as well as by using device simulation. With increasing vertical current (I
V) of the p–n junction, lateral current (I
L) in the p-GaN layer (magnesium concentration: N
Mg = 5×1017 cm-3) was found to increase within L of 10 µm from the edge of the TLM electrodes; the measured I
L corresponded to a large R, namely, 30%. This lateral extension will contribute to reducing base resistance and enhancing conductivity modulation of GaN bipolar power-switching devices for power-electronics applications.
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