Experimental data are presented showing efficiency enhancements due to size
reductions of apertured quantum dot microcavity light emitting diodes. The
aperture sizes are photolithographically controlled to generate four diffe
rent aperture sizes that are nominally 4, 3, 2, and 1 mum diameters. Even a
t room temperature the efficiencies increase with decrease in aperture size
. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.