Blue-green and white color tuning of monolithic light emitting diodes

A blue light emitting diode (LED) is grown on top of a (Ga, In)N/GaN multiple quantum well (QW) acting as a light converter from blue to green-yellow wavelength. The blue light is produced by electrical injection, while the green-yellow emitting QWs are optically pumped by the blue photons. It is shown that the final color of the LED is strongly dependent on the blue pumping wavelength, the absorption and the internal quantum efficiency of the light converter. Depending on these parameters, blue to green LEDs or even white LEDs can be obtained. In addition, the injection current dependence of the LED electroluminescence is measured and analyzed. A very low blueshift is observed as a function of the injection current. It is explained by the fact that the carrier density per QW in the light converter stays relatively low compared to the case of classical current-injected green LEDs.

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