The 2020 UV emitter roadmap
Open Access
- 9 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 53 (50), 503001
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aba64c
Abstract
Solid state UV emitters have many advantages over conventional UV sources. The (Al,In,Ga)N material system is best suited to produce LEDs and laser diodes from 400 nm down to 210 nm-due to its large and tuneable direct band gap, n- and p-doping capability up to the largest bandgap material AlN and a growth and fabrication technology compatible with the current visible InGaN-based LED production. However AlGaN based UV-emitters still suffer from numerous challenges compared to their visible counterparts that become most obvious by consideration of their light output power, operation voltage and long term stability. Most of these challenges are related to the large bandgap of the materials. However, the development since the first realization of UV electroluminescence in the 1970s shows that an improvement in understanding and technology allows the performance of UV emitters to be pushed far beyond the current state. One example is the very recent realization of edge emitting laser diodes emitting in the UVC at 271.8 nm and in the UVB spectral range at 298 nm. This roadmap summarizes the current state of the art for the most important aspects of UV emitters, their challenges and provides an outlook for future developments.Keywords
Funding Information
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (BATGAN (ANR-11-BS09-0038), GABORE (BLAN07-1-203576), GANEX Laboratory of Excellence (Lab, VESUVE (ANR-11-BS03-0012))
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC 787, Semiconductor NanoPhotonics)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Advanced UV for Life)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M003132/1, EP/M015181/1)
- ARO (W911NF-15-2-0068, W911NF-16-C-0101)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP15H05732, JP16H02332, JP16H06426)
- National Science Foundation (DMR-1508191, ECCS-1408416, ECCS-1508854, ECCS-1610992, ECCS-1653383, ECCS-1916800, PFI AIR-TT 1640700)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-17-1-0225)
- Science Foundation Ireland (07/EN/E001A, 10/IN.1/I2993, 12/RC/2276_P2)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-SC0011883)
- ONRG NICOP (N62909-17-1-2004)
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