Full-color micro-LED display with high color stability using semipolar (20-21) InGaN LEDs and quantum-dot photoresist

Sung-Wen Huang Chen; Yu-Ming Huang; Konthoujam James Singh; Yu-Chien Hsu; Fang-Jyun Liou; Jie Song; Joowon Choi; Po-Tsung Lee; Chien-Chung Lin; Zhong Chen; Jung Han; Tingzhu Wu; Hao-Chung Kuo

doi:10.1364/PRJ.388958

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