title: Ultraviolet/blue light-emitting diodes based on single horizontal ZnO microrod/GaN heterojunction.
abstract: We report electroluminescence (EL) from single horizontal ZnO microrod (MR) and p-GaN heterojunction light-emitting diodes under forward and reverse bias. EL spectra were composed of two blue emissions centered at 431 and 490 nm under forward biases, but were dominated by a ultraviolet (UV) emission located at 380 nm from n-ZnO MR under high reverse biases. Light-output-current characteristic of the UV emission reveals that the rate of radiative recombination is faster than that of the nonradiative recombination. Highly efficient ZnO excitonic recombination at reverse bias is caused by electrons tunneling from deep-level states near the n-ZnO/p-GaN interface to the conduction band in n-ZnO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Fong
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chao-Tsung
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kai-Hsiang
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan ; Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jin-Kong
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Sheu
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan ; Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsu-Cheng
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hsu
keywords: Electroluminescence; Microrod; ZnO