The authors report, for the first time, high colour purity short perio
d superlattice (SPSL) II-VI blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) grown by
molecular beam epitaxy. The room temperature electroluminescence spec
trum showed pure blue emission at 460nm with a 13nm full width at half
maximum (FWHM). The external quantum efficiency is similar to 0.1%. O
perating at 14 Acm(-2), the half-intensity lifetime was >13h at room t
emperature.