Novel Approaches for High-Efficiency InGaN Quantum Wells Light-

Emitting Diodes - Device Physics and Epitaxy Engineering

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Nelson Tansu , Hongping Zhao, Jing Zhang, Guangyu Liu, Xiao-Hang Li, Yik-Khoon Ee, Renbo
Song, Takahiro Toma, Le Zhao, and G. S. Huang
Center for Optical Technologies, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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Email: Tansu@Lehigh.Edu
(INVITED PAPER)
Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XV, edited
by Klaus P. Streubel, Heonsu Jeon, Li-Wei Tu, Norbert Linder, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7954,
795418 · doi: 10.1117/12.875901

ABSTRACT
The challenges and approaches for high-efficiency InGaN quantum wells (QWs) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are
presented. The studies include designs, growths, and device characteristics of 1) InGaN-based QWs LEDs with enhanced
matrix element for realizing green-emitting LEDs with high internal quantum efficiency, and 2) InGaN QW LEDs
device structure with lattice -matched AlInN-barrier to suppress efficiency-droop in nitride LEDs. Other approaches to
improve the efficiency of the nitride LEDs will be discussed as follow: 1) surface plasmon LEDs, 2) new growth
approach for dislocation density reduction in GaN, and 3) novel approaches for light extraction efficiency improvement
of III-Nitride LEDs.
Keywords: III-Nitride, InGaN QWs, light emitting diodes, MOCVD epitaxy, light extraction efficiency.

1. INTRODUCTION

Nitride semiconductors have tremendous impacts for photonics devices [1-23] and energy [24-33] applications.

This paper seems to be an interesting invited review paper published by SPIE on the latest LED technology. But in fact
this is a paper has the highest self citation ever. A review is supposed to tell what novel approaches other people have
done, not just by you. Look at the references on the next page, I have highlighted all the author’s own references. There
is a total of 40 self citation in this paper! From a total of 49 references, 40 are self references. The self citation is 82%.
So no one else in the world done anything on novel approaches, the Tansu group has done 82% of all research in this
area?
Read the first sentence, and tell me a logical reason, why you need reference 1 until 23 on photonics services and 24-33
reference on energy applications. This is just irrelevant information. The authors just want to have a self citation party.
Reap as many citations as he can in a paper. Tansu is in need of citation so he can get promotion and funding and
accomplish his self indulgence.