Useful studies on the optical properties of annealed and non annealed InGaN/GaN single QW LEDs, with different dopings in the barrier

Abstract In this paper we have studied comprehensively annealed and non annealed single quantum well (QW) light emitting diode (LED) structures with different doping concentrations in the barriers. Computations have been carried out through the self-consistent solutions of Schrodinger and Poison equations. Wide changes in the transition energies (TE) and the transition probabilities (TP) are observed due to the doping variation. On annealing, with the increase of diffusion length, the results show that depending on the doping concentration, the TE increases monotonically as well as it goes through red-blue shifts. It is also observed that, for lower doping, TP increases and/or decreases with the diffusion length. The variation of TP also depends on the operating current. After a critical doping in the barriers, on annealing, the optical performances of QW LEDs deteriorate. Through change in doping and annealing, the optical performance of the InGaN/GaN QW LEDs may be improved. This information should be of importance to the optoelectronic designer.