Inl-xGaxP epitaxial layers, prepared by an improved vapor-phase growth technique, have been evaluated by photoluminescence measurements and by transmission electron microscopy. Maximum photoluminescence intensities for So-and Zn-doped Inl-xGa~P layers (0.5 < x <~ 0.6), are observed at carrier concentrations of 1 • 1017 and 3 • 10 TM cm -3, respectively. At higher concentrations, a severe degradation in the photoluminescence intensity occurs, concurrent with the appearance (by TEM) of precipitates in concentrations of about 1014 cm -a. For Zn-doped Inl-xGa~P, the precipitate has been identified as ZnsPz from its electron diffraction pattern. The luminescence spectra from the vapor-grown layers at 300~ consist of a high-energy peak, attributed to band-to-band recombination, and a low-energy peak, located 0.4 to 0.5 eV less than bandgap. The low-energy peak increases with Se donor concentration and with alloy composition, x, but is typically orders of magnitude less intense than the bandgap peak. Electroluminescent p-n junctions prepared with optimum donor and acceptor concentrations have yielded external quantum efficiencies between 5 and 10 • 10 -4 (unencapsulated) for emission between 6150 and 6600A. From such junctions, laser diodes have been fabricated which emit orange coherent radiation between 6105 and 6150A with threshold currents as low as 4000 A/cm ~ (at 77~ ~This estimate assumes a minority carrier diffusion length of 1 /zrn and a forward voltage of 2V.
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