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Study of Defects in p-type Layers in III-nitride Laser Diode Structures Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
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This paper reports on the study of defects in p-type layers in III-nitride laser structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Characterization of the heterostructures was carried out using atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The results show that a high density of extended defects – possibly inversion domains – exist in the p-type cladding layers of as-grown structures with either AlGaN/GaN superlattices or bulk AlGaN cladding layers. TEM analysis of operated and aged devices does not reveal any significant structural modification of the p-type material which might be the cause of deterioration in the lasing performance or failure.
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