ScAlMgO₄ as a promising substrate for InGaN-based long wavelength emitters: Demonstration of far-red LEDs

A nitride semiconductor InGaN is a key material for visible optical devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes. Recently, InGaN-based red LEDs attain increasing interest due to potential application in micro-LED displays. However, the emission efficiency is the highest in the blue spectral range and drastically decreases at longer emission wavelengths. One reason is the large lattice mismatch between the InGaN emitters and the host material of GaN. To circumvent lattice-mismatch-induced issues, ScAlMgO4 substrates are attractive because the host material can be replaced from GaN to InGaN lattice matched to ScAlMgO4, which can reduce strain in the InGaN emitters. Herein, we demonstrate far-red (similar to 700 nm wavelength) LEDs based on InxGa1-xN/InyGa1-yN quantum wells (x > y) grown on lattice-matched InyGa1-yN/ScAlMgO4 (0001) templates for the first time.