Study of efficient semipolar (11-22) InGaN green micro-light-emitting diodes on high-quality (11-22) GaN/sapphire template

We investigated the electrical and optical performances of semipolar (11-22) InGaN green mu LEDs with a size ranging from 20 x 20 mu m(2) to 100 x 100 mu m(2), grown on a low defect density and large area (11-22) GaN template on patterned sapphire substrate. Atom probe tomography (APT) gave insights on quantum wells (QWs) thickness and indium composition and indicated that no indium clusters were observed in the QWs. The mu LEDs showed a small wavelength blueshift of 5 nm, as the current density increased from 5 to 90 A/cm(2) and exhibited a size-independent EQE of 2% by sidewall passivation using atomiclayer deposition, followed by an extremely low leakage current of similar to 0.1 nA at -5 V. Moreover, optical polarization behavior with a polarization ratio of 40% was observed. This work demonstrated long-wavelength mu LEDs fabricated on semipolar GaN grown on foreign substrate, which are applicable for a variety of display applications at a low cost. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement