Abstract:
The results of the study of optical and structural properties of epitaxial InAs layers grown on an $n$-InAs substrate, and spectral and electrical properties of light-emitting diode (LED) heterostructures with an InAs active layer and various design and chemical composition of barrier layers are presented; the properties of heterostructures were studied in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. A significant influence of the degree of substrate doping and the properties of heterointerfaces on the form of emission spectra and power characteristics of heterostructures is shown. The mechanisms of the carrier transport are studied, and the prevalence of the diffusion component of the current at temperatures above 200 K and the presence of the tunneling component at lower temperatures are shown.