Micro-light-emitting-diodes (μLEDs) with size-independent peak external quantum efficiency behavior was demonstrated from 10 × 10 μm2 to 100 × 100 μm2 by employing a combination of chemical treatment and atomic-layer deposition (ALD) sidewall passivation. The chemical treatment and sidewall passivation improved the ideality factors of μLEDs from 3.4 to 2.5. The results from the combination of chemical treatment and ALD sidewall passivation suggest the issue of size dependent efficiency can be resolved with proper sidewall treatments after dry etching.

The electrical and optical improvements of AlGaInP micro-light-emitting diodes (µLEDs) using atomic-layer deposition (ALD) sidewall passivation were demonstrated. Due to the high surface recombination velocity and minority carrier diffusion length of the AlGaInP material system, devices without sidewall passivation suffered from high leakage and severe drop in external quantum efficiency (EQE). By employing ALD sidewall treatments, the 20×20 µm2 µLEDs resulted in greater light output power, size-independent leakage current density, and lower ideality factor. The forward current-voltage characteristic was enhanced by using surface pretreatment. Furthermore, ALD sidewall treatments recovered the EQE of the 20×20 µm2 devices more than 150%. This indicated that AlGaInP µLEDs with ALD sidewall treatments can be used as the red emitter for full-color µLED display applications.

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We have achieved continuous-wave (CW) operation of an optically polarized m-plane GaN-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) with an ion implanted current aperture, a tunnel junction intracavity contact, and a dual dielectric distributed Bragg reflector design. The reported VCSEL has 2 quantum wells, with a 14 nm quantum well width, 1 nm barriers, a 5 nm electron-blocking layer, and a 23λ total cavity thickness. The thermal performance was improved by increasing the cavity length and using Au-In solid-liquid interdiffusion bonding, which led to lasing under CW operation for over 20 min. Lasing wavelengths under pulsed operation were observed at 406 nm, 412 nm, and 419 nm. Only the latter two modes appeared under CW operation due to the redshifted gain at higher temperatures. The peak output powers for a 6 μm aperture VCSEL under CW and pulsed operation were 140 μW and 700 μW, respectively. The fundamental transverse mode was observed without the presence of filamentary lasing. The thermal impedance was estimated to be ∼1400 °C/W for a 6 μm aperture 23λ VCSEL.

We report the first demonstration of III-nitride vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with tunnel junction (TJ) intracavity contacts grown completely by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). For the TJs, n ++ -GaN was grown on in-situ activated p ++ -GaN after buffered HF surface treatment. The electrical properties and epitaxial morphologies of the TJs were first investigated on TJ LED test samples. A VCSEL with a TJ intracavity contact showed a lasing wavelength of 408 nm, a threshold current of >15 mA (10 kA/cm 2 ), a threshold voltage of 7.8 V, a maximum output power of 319 µW, and a differential efficiency of 0.28%.

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