1.Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 085202, China 2.Department of Physics, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China 3.Institute of Opto-Electronic, Nanjing University & Yangzhou, Yangzhou 225009, China
Fund Project:Project supported by the Special Scientific Research Fund of Major Science and Technology Bidding in Jilin Province, China (Grant No. 20170203014G), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. U1830112, 61774014), the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds, China (Grant No. 2018K008C), and the Key Industry Technology Innovation Program of Suzhou, China (Grant No. SYG201928)
Received Date:18 September 2019
Accepted Date:28 October 2019
Available Online:01 January 2020
Published Online:20 January 2020
Abstract:Compared with conventional light-emitting diode (LED), micro-LED has excellent photo-electric properties such as high current density, light output power density, light response frequency. It has widespread application prospects in the field of light display, optical tweezers, and visible light communication. However, dry etching inevitably leads the sidewall to be damaged, which results in the degradation of device properties. In this letter, a micro-LED array device based on F ions implantation isolation technology is presented to avoid damaging the sidewall. We systemically investigate the influence of fluorine ion implantation energy and light-emitting apertures on the photoelectric properties of the micro-LED array device by testing the current-voltage characteristic and light output power. The investigation results show that comparing with F ion 50 keV single implantation device, the reverse leakage of 50/100 keV double implantation device decreases by 8.4 times and the optical output density increases by 1.3 times. When the light-emitting apertures are different (6, 8, 10 μm respectively), the reverse leakage current remains constant, and the forward operating voltage decreasesfrom 3.3 V to 3.1 V and to 2.9 V with the increase of the aperture. Besides, the available area ratio, i.e. the ratio of actual light-emitting area to device area of single micro-LED with different light-emitting apertures are 85%, 87%, and 92%, respectively. The electrical isolation of the micro-LED array is realized by ion implantation isolation technology, and the micro-LED has some advantages over the conventional mesa etching micro-LED device, such as low reverse leakage current density, high optical output power density, and high effective light-emitting area ratio. Keywords:micro-light-emitting diode/ ion implantation isolation/ implantation energy/ emission aperture
以6 μm发光孔径的micro-LED阵列器件为例, 在不同能量注入条件下, 其光电特性如图2所示, 图2(a)为器件I-V特性, 插图为样品半对数坐标下反向I-V特性曲线, 图2(b)为光输出密度-电流密度关系曲线. 图 2 样品A和B 6 μm阵列的(a) I-V 特性和(b)光输出密度-电流密度特性 Figure2. (a) The I-V and (b) light output power density-current density characteristics of 6 μm arrays of samples A and B
通过方程(2)可以拟合出F离子50 keV及50/100 keV注入区域CTLM线性曲线, 如图6所示, 拟合线性曲线方程分别为: 图 6 CTLM线性拟合曲线 (a) 50 keV能量注入; (b) 50/100 keV能量注入 Figure6. The CTLM linear fitting curve at (a) the implantation energy of 50 keV and (b) 50/100 keV.