Abstract
We present a detailed high-pump-current study of self-heating effects in ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on sapphire. For deep ultraviolet LEDs on sapphire, our results establish self-heating to be a primary cause of premature power saturation under dc pumping. Even the flip-chip packaged devices undergo a steady-state temperature rise to about 70C at a dc pump current of only 50 mA (at 8 V) resulting in a significant decrease in LED output. Temperature rise values estimated from peak emission wavelength shifts and from micro-Raman mapping of the active devices were in good agreement.
| Translated title of the contribution | Self-heating effects at high pump currents in deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes at 324 nm |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 3491 - 3493 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 81 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2002 |
Bibliographical note
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