Optical polarization characteristics of ultraviolet (In)(Al)GaN multiple quantum well light emitting diodes

The polarization of the in-plane electroluminescence of (0001) orientated (In)(Al)GaN multiple quantum well light emitting diodes in the ultraviolet-A and ultraviolet-B spectral range has been investigated. The intensity for transverse-electric polarized light relative to the transverse-magnetic polarized light decreases with decreasing emission wavelength. This effect is attributed to rearrangement of the valence bands at the Γ-point of the Brillouin zone with changing aluminum and indium mole fractions in the (In)(Al)GaN quantum wells. For shorter wavelength the crystal-field split-off hole band moves closer to the conduction band relative to the heavy and light hole bands and as a consequence the transverse-magnetic polarized emission becomes more dominant for deep ultraviolet light emitting diodes.

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