Pm. Mensz et al., INXGA1-XN ALYGA1-YN VIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES WITH REFLECTIVE P-CONTACTS FOR HIGH SINGLE-SIDED LIGHT EXTRACTION/, Electronics Letters, 33(24), 1997, pp. 2066-2068
InGaN/AlGaN light emitting diode structures (LED) grown epitaxially on
sapphire substrates were on-wafer characterised electrically and opti
cally. By replacing standard Ni/Au contacts to p-GaN with Ni/Al layers
, the LED output power emission through the sapphire substrate was enh
anced by a factor of 2-4, with no significant impact on the operating
voltage.