The GaN-based irregular multiple quantum well (IMQW) structures for dichromatic white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are assembled by two different types of QWs emitting complementary blue and yellow light. The electronic and optical properties of the designed GaN-based IMQW structures are investigated in details by fully considering the effects of strain,well-coupling,valence band-mixing and polarization effect by employing a newly modified theoretical model based on the k·p theory. The influences of the height and thickness of the barrier between blue QWs and yellow QWs together with the polarization effect on the optoelectronic properties of GaN-based IMQW structure are analyzed. Numerical results show that the ratio of the two color lights emmited from the IMQW structure for dichromatic white LED can be tuned by changing the height and thickness of the barrier between two types of QWs.
GaN-based irregular multiple quantum well （IMQW） structures assembled two different types of QWs emitting complementary wavelengths for dichromatic white light-emitting diodes （LEDs） are optimized in order to obtain near white light emissions. The hole distributions and spontaneous emission spectra of the IMQW structures are analysed in detail by fully considering the effects of strain, well-coupling, valence band-mixing and polarization effect through employing a newly developed theoretical model from the k. p theory. Several structure parameters such as well material component, well width, layout of the wells and the thickness of harrier between different types of QWs are employed to analyse how these parameters together with the polarization effect influence the electronic and the optical properties of IMQW structure. Numerical results show that uniform hole distributions in different types of QWs are obtained when the number of the QWs emitting blue light is two, the number of the QWs emitting yellow light is one and the barrier between different types of QWs is 8nm in thickness. The near white light emission is realized using GaN-based IMQW structure with appropriate design parameters and injection level.
