Nitride micro-LEDs and beyond - a decade progress review

Since their inception, micro-size light emitting diode (mu LED) arrays based on III-nitride semiconductors have emerged as a promising technology for a range of applications. This paper provides an overview on a decade progresses on realizing III-nitride mu LED based high voltage single-chip AC/DC-LEDs without power converters to address the key compatibility issue between LEDs and AC power grid infrastructure; and high-resolution solid-state self-emissive microdisplays operating in an active driving scheme to address the need of high brightness, efficiency and robustness of microdisplays. These devices utilize the photonic integration approach by integrating mu LED arrays on-chip. Other applications of nitride mu LED arrays are also discussed. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America