Individually Switchable InGaN/GaN Nano-LED Arrays as Highly Resolved Illumination Engines
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Design and Methodology
2.1. System Design Concepts
2.2. Numerical Model
3. Results
3.1. Near Field Distributions
3.2. Optical Crosstalk between the Pixels
3.3. Experimental Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | GaN | ITO | Au | SiO | Sapphire | SiN |
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5.825 | 3.87 | −1.756 | 2.165 | 2.99 | 4.14 | |
0.407 | 0.023 | 5.299 | 0.007 | 0 | 2.5 |
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Kluczyk-Korch, K.; Moreno, S.; Canals, J.; Diéguez, A.; Gülink, J.; Hartmann, J.; Waag, A.; Di Carlo, A.; Auf der Maur, M. Individually Switchable InGaN/GaN Nano-LED Arrays as Highly Resolved Illumination Engines. Electronics 2021, 10, 1829. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10151829
Kluczyk-Korch K, Moreno S, Canals J, Diéguez A, Gülink J, Hartmann J, Waag A, Di Carlo A, Auf der Maur M. Individually Switchable InGaN/GaN Nano-LED Arrays as Highly Resolved Illumination Engines. Electronics. 2021; 10(15):1829. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10151829
Chicago/Turabian StyleKluczyk-Korch, Katarzyna, Sergio Moreno, Joan Canals, Angel Diéguez, Jan Gülink, Jana Hartmann, Andreas Waag, Aldo Di Carlo, and Matthias Auf der Maur. 2021. "Individually Switchable InGaN/GaN Nano-LED Arrays as Highly Resolved Illumination Engines" Electronics 10, no. 15: 1829. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10151829