ABSTRACTFirst results on light emitting diodes in porous silicon were reported in 1991. They showed a quantum efficiency of 10-7 to 10-5 and an orange spectrum. Over the last year some progress was achieved:- By applying UV-light during the etching blue and green light emitting diodes in porous silicon are fabricated.- When a p/n junction is realized within the porous region, a quantum efficiency of 10-4 is obtained.
High quantum efficiency LEDs with InGaN/GaN/AlGaN/GaN MQWs have been demonstrated. The proposed GaN interlayer barrier can not only increase the concentration and the spatial overlap of carriers, but also improve the quality of the MQWs.
