Ag/SiO2 nanoparticle-based plasmonic enhancement of light output in nanohole-patterned InGaN/GaN blue light-emitting diodes

作者:Yun Jin Hyeon; Kim Kyu Cheol; Yu Yeon Tae; Yang Jin Kyu; Polyakov Alexander Y; Lee In Hwan
来源:Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 56(10): 100305.
DOI:10.7567/JJAP.56.100305

摘要

Improved performance of blue InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is realized as a result of fabricating nanohole patterns in the p-GaN contact layer and embedding the nanoholes with Ag/SiO2 nanoparticles to generate localized surface plasmons (LSPs). Good matching between LSP resonance energy and LED emission energy together with the close proximity between nanoparticles and the active region results in strong coupling between them. Consequently, the photoluminescence and electroluminescence intensities increased to 1.75 and 1.10, respectively, compared with nanohole patterned reference LEDs.

  • 出版日期2017-10