ABSTRACT
Near-ultraviolet micro-LEDs with different diameters were fabricated on GaN substrates. The electroluminescence and the light output power-current density and current density-voltage relationships were measured. A saturated current density of 358â kA/cm2 was achieved with a 20â µm LED. The ideality factor curves showed steps and peaks when the injection current density was increased from 20 to 150â kA/cm2 and an abnormal efficiency increase. The transport and recombination processes of micro-LEDs at high injection current densities were simulated, and the many-body effect and phase space filling in the integrated quantum drift-diffusion model were considered. Serious current crowding was observed above 100â kA/cm2, even for the 20â µm LED.