Azimuthally isotropic irradiance of GaN-based light-emitting diodes with GaN microlens arrays

Opt Express. 2009 Apr 13;17(8):6148-55. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.006148.

Abstract

In this paper, the irradiance-modifying concept is proposed by introducing a microlens array on the p-GaN layer of GaN-based light-emitting diode (LED). Every microlens can locally modulate photons emitting from a micro-scaled active region of multiple quantum wells (MQWs) just beneath the microlens. The azimuthally isotropic irradiance from the GaN-based LED with microlens arrays is demonstrated numerically and experimentally. To realize such a novel LED, one-dimensional GaN microlens array with a period of 1.6 microm and a filling factor of 0.64 are fabricated by using dry etching. According to experimental results, the azimuthally isotropic light emission of proposed LED is observed. By using the angular-resolved photoluminescence, its intensity variation corresponding to the azimuth angles is as low as 10% within the angle region of +/-50 degrees.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anisotropy
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Gallium / chemistry*
  • Lenses*
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Miniaturization
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Semiconductors*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • gallium nitride
  • Gallium