• 文献标题:   Strong enhancement of emission efficiency in GaN light-emitting diodes by plasmon-coupled light amplification of graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM JM, KIM S, HWANG SW, KIM CO, SHIN DH, KIM JH, JANG CW, KANG SS, HWANG E, CHOI SH, ELGOHARY SH, BYUN KM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, plasmon, light amplification, gan led, zno
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kyung Hee Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6528/aaa067
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Recently, we have demonstrated that excitation of plasmon-polaritons in a mechanically-derived graphene sheet on the top of a ZnO semiconductor considerably enhances its light emission efficiency. If this scheme is also applied to device structures, it is then expected that the energy efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) increases substantially and the commercial potential will be enormous. Here, we report that the plasmon-induced light coupling amplifies emitted light by similar to 1.6 times in doped large-area chemical-vapor-deposition-grown graphene, which is useful for practical applications. This coupling behavior also appears in GaN-based LEDs. With AuCl3-doped graphene on Ga-doped ZnO films that is used as transparent conducting electrodes for the LEDs, the average electroluminescence intensity is 1.2-1.7 times enhanced depending on the injection current. The chemical doping of graphene may produce the inhomogeneity in charge densities (i.e., electron/hole puddles) or roughness, which can play a role as grating couplers, resulting in such strong plasmon-enhanced light amplification. Based on theoretical calculations, the plasmon-coupled behavior is rigorously explained and a method of controlling its resonance condition is proposed.