High-Bandwidth Green Semipolar (20-21) InGaN/GaN Micro Light-Emitting Diodes for Visible Light Communication

Abstract

The light-emitting diode (LED) is among promising candidates of light sources in visible light communication (VLC); however, strong internal polarization fields in common c-plane LEDs, especially green LEDs, result in low frequency and limited transmission performance. This study aims to overcome the limited 3-dB bandwidth of long-wavelength InGaN/GaN LEDs. Thus, semipolar (20-21) micro-LEDs (mu LEDs) were fabricated through several improved approaches on epitaxy and chip processes. The mu LED exhibits a 525 nm peak wavelength and good polarization performance. The highest 3-dB bandwidth up to 756 MHz and 1.5 Gbit/s data rate was achieved under a current density of 2.0 kA/cm(2). These results suggest a good transmission capacity of green semipolar (20-21) mu LEDs in VLC applications.