Crystals (Nov 2020)

Numerical Investigation into Optoelectronic Performance of InGaN Blue Laser in Polar, Non-Polar and Semipolar Crystal Orientation

  • Sourav Roy,
  • Sharadindu Gopal Kiratnia,
  • Priyo Nath Roy,
  • Md. Mahmudul Hasan,
  • Ashraful Hossain Howlader,
  • Md. Shohanur Rahman,
  • Md. Rafiqul Islam,
  • Md. Masud Rana,
  • Lway Faisal Abdulrazak,
  • Ibrahim Mustafa Mehedi,
  • Md. Shofiqul Islam,
  • Md. Biplob Hossain

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10111033
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 11
p. 1033

Abstract

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Recently, InGaN grown on semipolar and non-polar orientation has caused special attraction due to reduction in the built-in polarization field and increased confinement of high energy states compared to traditional polar c-plane orientation. However, any widespread-accepted report on output power and frequency response of the InGaN blue laser in non-c-plane orientation is readily unavailable. This work strives to address an exhaustive numerical investigation into the optoelectronic performance and frequency response of In0.17Ga0.83N/GaN quantum well laser in polar (0001), non-polar (101¯0) and semipolar (101¯2), (112¯2) and (101¯1) orientations by working out a 6 × 6 k.p Hamiltonian at the Γ-point using the tensor rotation technique. It is noticed that there is a considerable dependency of the piezoelectric field, energy band gap, peak optical gain, differential gain and output power on the modification in crystal orientation. Topmost optical gain of 4367 cm−1 is evaluated in the semipolar (112¯2)-oriented laser system at an emission wavelength of 448 nm when the injection carrier density is 3.7 × 1018 cm−3. Highest lasing power and lowest threshold current are reported to be 4.08 mW and 1.45 mA in semipolar (112¯2) crystal orientation. A state-space model is formed in order to achieve the frequency response which indicates the highest magnitude (dB) response in semipolar (112¯2) crystal orientation.

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