III-nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a IΠ-nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device comprising an active layer with the multi-quantum wells interposed between an n-InxAlyGazN(x+y+z=1, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z≦1) layer and a p-InxAlyGazN(x+y+z=1, 0<x<1, 0<y<1, 0<z<1) layer, wherein the active layer comprises an alternate stacking of a quantum-well layer made of InxGa1-xN(0.05<x<1) and a sandwich barrier layer, the sandwich barrier layer comprising a first outer barrier layer of InaGa1-aN(0<a<0.05), a middle barrier layer of AlyGa1-yN(0<y<1) formed on the first outer barrier layer and a second outer barrier layer of InbGa1-bN(0<b<0.05) formed on the middle barrier layer, thereby a high-efficiency/high-output light emitting device with high-current and high-temperature properties can be obtained, and it is possible to easily achieve a high-efficiency green light emission at a wavelength equal to or over 500 nm, and high-efficiency near UV light emission.

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