Amber-green light-emitting diodes using order-disorder AlxIn1-xP heterostructures

We demonstrate amber-green emission from AlxIn1-xP light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with luminescence peaked at 566 nm and 600 nm. The LEDs are metamorphically grown on GaAs substrates via a graded InyGa1-yAs buffer layer and feature electron confinement based on the control of AlxIn1-xP CuPt atomic ordering. A control sample fabricated without order-disorder carrier confinement is used to illustrate device improvement up to a factor of 3 in light output due to confinement at drive currents of 40 A/cm(2). The light output at room temperature from our AlxIn1-xP LED structure emitting at 600 nm is 39% as bright as a GaxIn1-xP LED emitting at 650 nm. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.