High-efficiency 650-nm thin film light-emitting diodes

Cathleen Rooman; Reiner Windisch; Mark D'Hondt; Prasanta Modak; Ingrid Moerman; Paul Mijlemans; Barundeb Dutta; Gustaaf Borghs; Roger A. Vounckx; Maarten Kuijk; Paul L. Heremans

doi:10.1117/12.426854

14 May 2001 High-efficiency 650-nm thin film light-emitting diodes

Cathleen Rooman, Reiner Windisch, Mark D'Hondt, Prasanta Modak, Ingrid Moerman, Paul Mijlemans, Barundeb Dutta, Gustaaf Borghs, Roger A. Vounckx, Maarten Kuijk, Paul L. Heremans

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Proceedings Volume 4278, Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications V; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.426854
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The external quantum efficiency of planar light-emitting diodes (LED's) can be increased significantly by the approach of a non-resonant cavity (NRC) LED, which consists of texturing the top surface and applying a rear reflector. We demonstrate this approach for the first time on 650-nm InGaP/AlInGaP LED's. The LED's are fabricated using the processing techniques developed previously for 860-nm GaAs/AlGaAs NRC-LED's, which include wet thermal oxidation for the formation of a current aperture. With un-encapsulated NRC- LED's, we report an external quantum efficiency of 24% for an emission wavelength of 655 nm. This is an 11-fold increase of the external quantum efficiency, as compared to conventional devices. Furthermore, the efficiency is demonstrated to increase to 31% by on-wafer encapsulation of the LED's. This results in an optical output power of 4 mW for a drive current of 7 mA.

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Cathleen Rooman, Reiner Windisch, Mark D'Hondt, Prasanta Modak, Ingrid Moerman, Paul Mijlemans, Barundeb Dutta, Gustaaf Borghs, Roger A. Vounckx, Maarten Kuijk, and Paul L. Heremans "High-efficiency 650-nm thin film light-emitting diodes", Proc. SPIE 4278, Light-Emitting Diodes: Research, Manufacturing, and Applications V, (14 May 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.426854

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