Analysis of Factors Affecting Optical Performance of GaN-Based Micro-LEDs with Quantum Dots Films

Abstract

Optical performance in terms of light efficiency, color crosstalk and ambient contrast ratio were analyzed for blue GaN-based micro-light emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) combined with red/green quantum dots (QDs)-polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) films. The thickness and mass ratio of QDs films are two critical factors in affecting the performance of micro-LEDs. Firstly, the precise optical modeling of QDs-PMMA films is established based on the double integrating sphere (DIS) testing system and inverse adding doubling algorithm (IADA) theory. Red and green QDs-PMMA films are composed of ZnCdSe/ZnS QDs and green ZnCdSeS/ZnS QDs, respectively. The fundamental optical parameters of QDs-PMMA films, including scattering, absorption and anisotropy coefficients, are obtained successfully. Secondly, based on these optical parameters, the Monte Carlo ray tracing method is applied to analyze the effect of a QDs-PMMA film’s thickness and mass ratio on the optical performance of micro-LEDs. Results reveal that the light efficiency first increases and then decreases with the increase of a QDs film’s thickness or mass ratio, owing to the scattering characteristics of QDs. Different from the variation tendencies of light efficiency, the crosstalk between adjacent pixels increases as the QDs-PMMA film’s thickness or mass ratio increases, and the ambient contrast ratio is kept stable when the thickness increases. The mass ratio variation of QDs film can change the optical performance of micro-LEDs more effectively than thickness, which demonstrates that mass ratio is a more important factor affecting the optical performance of micro-LEDs.