Fabrication and improvement of nanopillar InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes using nanosphere lithography

摘要

Surface-patterning technologies have enabled the improvement of currently existinglight-emitting diodes (LEDs) and can be used to overcome the issue of low quantum efficiency ofgreen GaN-based LEDs. We have applied nanosphere lithography to fabricate nanopillars onInGaN∕GaN quantum-well LEDs. By etching through the active region, it is possible to improveboth the light extraction efficiency and, in addition, the internal quantum efficiency through theeffects of lattice strain relaxation. Nanopillars of different sizes are fabricated and analyzed usingRaman spectroscopy. We have shown that nanopillar LEDs can be significantly improved byapplying a combination of ion-damage curing techniques, including thermal and acidic treatment,and have analyzed their effects using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.