Abstract
The 2D band diagram comprising out-of-plane potentials has been ubiquitously utilized for III-nitride heterostructures. Here, we propose the 3D band diagram based on unambiguous evidences in luminescence and carrier dynamics for lateral polarity junction quantum wells: although electrons and holes are separated out-of-plane in quantum wells by polarization, different band diagram heights lead to secondary carrier injection in-plane, causing electrons to transport from the III- to N-polar domains to recombine with holes therein with large wavefunction overlap. We also show that utilization of the 3D band diagram can be extended to single-polarity structures to analyze carrier transport and dynamics, providing new dimensions for accurate optical device design. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement