Patent Publication Number: US-10782002-B2

Title: LED optical components

Description:
PRIORITY APPLICATION 
     This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/414,085, filed Oct. 28, 2016, titled “LED Optical Component,” the content of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to optical components incorporating micro-transfer printed micro-scale light-emitting diodes (LEDs). 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are commonly used as indicators, light sources, and in large-size, outdoor displays. Because LEDs typically use semiconductor structures having a large optical index, optical structures are frequently employed to avoid trapping light in the semiconductor materials. LEDs are also often used in conjunction with optical elements such as lenses, reflectors, or light pipes. However, prior designs use relatively large LEDs and optical elements and assembly methods that are not suitable for micro-scale devices and components. 
     There is a need, therefore, for devices, systems and methods for integrating optical components with micro-scale light-emitting diodes. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Embodiments of the present invention provide a light-emitting diode (LED) optical component comprising a component substrate having an LED side and an opposite side opposing the LED side. In some embodiments, the LED optical component includes a broken component tether. In certain embodiments, an LED structure has an LED and a broken LED tether and an optional LED substrate separate from the component substrate. An LED structure is disposed on or adjacent to the LED side of the component substrate and the LED emits light from the LED when provided with electrical power. An optical element is disposed and is at least partly in contact with the component substrate such that the emitted light is incident on the optical element. 
     The optical element can be, but is not limited to, one or more refractive lenses, a dichroic filter, a color filter, a reflector, a diffuser, a polarizer, a wire-grid polarizer, a diffraction grating, or a diffractor. The optical element can be a reflective element located on the LED side, with the LED located between a portion of the optical element and the LED side of the component substrate. A reflector can be disposed between the LED and the LED side. The reflective optical element can be or have a section that is substantially parabolic, substantially spherical, substantially ellipsoidal, or form a polygon with the component substrate. 
     In some embodiments, the reflective optical element is a first optical element and a second optical element is disposed between the LED and the component substrate or on the opposite side of the component substrate. The second optical element can be but is not limited to one or more refractive lenses, a dichroic filter, a color filter, a reflector, a diffuser, a polarizer, a wire-grid polarizer, a diffraction grating, or a diffractor. 
     The first optical element, or the second optical element, can be disposed between the LED and the component substrate, disposed on the opposite side of the component substrate, or disposed on the LED side of the component substrate between the LED and the component substrate. 
     In some embodiments, an optical structure includes the optical element and the component substrate so that the optical element is integrated into or is a part of the component substrate, or vice versa, or the component substrate is an optical element, is a portion of an optical element, or includes an optical element. The optical element can be formed of common materials and made in a common step with the component substrate. A monolithic optical structure can include the component substrate and the optical element and the optical element can be adjacent to or in contact with the component substrate. 
     In some embodiments, the LED side is non-planar and includes a pedestal portion and a non-pedestal portion and the LED is disposed on the pedestal portion. In some of those embodiments, the optical element can be located on the LED side, with the LED located between a portion of the optical element and the LED side, and the optical element extends onto the non-pedestal portion. 
     The optical element can have a focal point, the LED can have a light-emitting volume or area over the component substrate, and the light-emitting area can be located at least partially at the focal point. The optical component can emit collimated light, light having a Lambertian distribution, or light that focuses to a volume smaller than the LED or a light-emitting volume of the LED. 
     At least one of the length, width, and depth of the LED can be less than or equal to one micron, two microns, three microns, five microns, ten microns, twenty microns, fifty microns, or one hundred microns. The LED can have a light-emitting area over the component substrate and the optical element can have an extent over the component substrate that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than the light-emitting area of the LED over the component substrate. 
     The LED can be a first LED that emits a first color of light and the LED optical component can include a second LED that emits a second color of light different from the first color. In some embodiments, light emitted from different LEDs is incident on the same or different optical elements. The optical element can have an extent over the substrate that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than the extent of light emitted from the first LED and from the second LED. In some embodiments, the LED optical component includes a third LED that emits a third color of light different from the first color and different from the second color. The optical element can have an extent over the substrate that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than the extent of light emitted from the first, second, and third LEDs. 
     In some embodiments, the optical element is a first optical element disposed such that the emitted light is incident on the first optical element and the LED optical component includes a second optical element disposed at least partly in contact with the component substrate such that the emitted light is incident on the optical element. 
     The LED optical system can include a system substrate on which one or more LED optical components are disposed. The system substrate can be an optical element that redirects light emitted into or onto the system substrate. Alternatively, or in addition, the system substrate can include an optical element that can be disposed on the system substrate and can redirect light emitted into or onto the optical element. The LED structures can be electrically interconnected on the component substrate with fine-resolution electrical connections and the component substrates can be electrically interconnected on the system substrate with coarse-resolution electrical connections. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, a light-emitting diode (LED) optical component includes an optical element comprising an optical substrate with an optical extent and an optical area. An LED structure of the LED optical component comprises a broken LED tether and an optional LED substrate separate from the optical substrate. The LED structure is disposed on a component substrate and the LED emits light into or onto the optical element when provided with electrical power. The LED structure has an LED extent and a light-emitting area over the component substrate. The optical extent can be at least one thousand, five thousand, ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, or one million times the LED extent. The optical area can be at least one hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, one million, five million, ten million, or fifty million times the LED light-emitting area. 
     Certain embodiments of the present invention provide micro-scale optical components useful in applications requiring very small sizes, for example in medical or display applications. Because the emission area of the light emitters is relatively small compared to the optical elements, light emitted from the LED optical component can have a reduced divergence angle. In certain embodiments, additional optical components are very small with well-defined structures and well-behaved light emission that complement the optical elements. 
     In one aspect, the disclosed technology includes a light-emitting diode (LED) optical component, comprising: a component substrate having an LED side; an LED structure disposed on, or adjacent to, the LED side of the component substrate, wherein (i) the LED structure comprises an LED and a broken or separated LED tether and (ii) the LED emits light from the LED when provided with electrical power; and an optical element disposed at least partly in contact with the component substrate such that at least a portion of the emitted light is incident on the optical element. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED structure comprises an LED substrate separate, distinct, and independent of the component substrate and the LED. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element comprises at least one of one or more refractive lenses, a dichroic filter, a color filter, a reflector, a diffuser, polarizer, a wire-grid polarizer, a diffraction grating, and a diffractor. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element is a reflective element located on the LED side and the LED is disposed between a portion of the optical element and the LED side. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED optical component comprises a reflector between the LED and the LED side. 
     In certain embodiments, the reflective optical element is substantially parabolic, substantially spherical, or forms a polygon with the component substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element is a first optical element and the LED optical component comprises a second optical element disposed between the LED and the component substrate or on a side of the component substrate opposite the LED. 
     In certain embodiments, the second optical element comprises at least one or more of one or more refractive lenses, a dichroic filter, a color filter, a reflector, a diffuser, polarizer, a wire-grid polarizer, a diffraction grating, and a diffractor. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element is disposed on the LED side of the component substrate between the LED and the component substrate, the optical element is disposed on a side of the component substrate opposite the LED, or the LED is disposed at least partially between the optical element and the component substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element is integrated in, is integral with, or is a part of the component substrate or wherein the component substrate is an optical element, is a portion of an optical element, or includes an optical element. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED side of the component substrate is non-planar, the component substrate comprises a pedestal portion and a non-pedestal portion on the LED side, and the LED is disposed on the pedestal portion. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element is disposed on the LED side, with the LED located between a portion of the optical element and the LED side, and wherein the optical element extends onto the non-pedestal portion. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element has a focal point, the LED has a light-emitting area, and a least a portion of the light-emitting area, the LED, or the LED structure is located at the focal point. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED optical component emits at least one of collimated light, light having a Lambertian distribution, light that focuses to a volume smaller than the LED, and light that focuses to a volume smaller than a light-emitting volume of the LED. 
     In certain embodiments, at least one of the length, width, or depth of the LED is less than or equal to one micron, two microns, three microns, five microns, ten microns, twenty microns, fifty microns, one hundred microns, or two hundred microns. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED has a light-emitting area and the optical element has an extent over the component substrate that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than the light-emitting area of the LED, the LED itself, or the LED structure. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED is a first LED that emits light of a first color and comprising a second LED that emits a light of a second color, wherein the second color of light is different from the first color of light. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED component includes a third LED that emits light of a third color, wherein the third color is different from the first color and different from the second color. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element has an extent over the component substrate that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than the extent of light emitted from the first LED and from the second LED. 
     In certain embodiments, the optical element is a first optical element disposed such that at least a portion of the emitted light from the first LED is incident on the first optical element and the LED optical component comprises a second optical element disposed at least partly in contact with the component substrate such that at least a portion of the emitted light from the second LED is incident on the second optical element. 
     In certain embodiments, the first optical element of the first LED is different from the second optical element of the second LED. 
     In certain embodiments, the component substrate comprises at least one or more of a broken or separated component tether, the LED structure comprises a broken or separated structure tether, and the optical element comprises a broken or separated element tether. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED is a micro-LED having one or more of a length of no more than 200 microns, 100 microns, 50, microns, or 20 microns and a width of no more than 200 microns, 100 microns, 50, microns, or 20 microns. 
     In another aspect, the disclosed technology includes an LED optical system. In certain embodiments, the LED optical system includes a system substrate on which one or more LED optical components are disposed. 
     In certain embodiments, each LED optical component includes a component substrate having an LED side and an LED structure separate from the component substrate and disposed on, or adjacent to, the LED side of the component substrate. The LED structure comprises an LED and a broken or separated LED tether and the LED emits light from the LED when provided with electrical power. An optical element is disposed and at least partly in contact with the component substrate such that the emitted light is incident on the optical element. 
     In certain embodiments, at least one of (i) the component substrate comprises a broken or separated component tether, (ii) the LED structure comprises a broken or separated structure tether, and (iii) the optical element comprises a broken or separated element tether. 
     In certain embodiments, the system substrate is an optical element that redirects light incident on the system substrate. 
     In certain embodiments, the system comprises an optical element disposed on the system substrate that redirects light incident on the optical element. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED structures are electrically interconnected on the component substrate with fine-resolution electrical connections for each of the one or more LED optical components and each component substrate of the one or more LED optical components is electrically interconnected on the system substrate with coarse-resolution electrical connections. 
     In certain embodiment, at least one or more of the component substrate of at least one of the one or more LED optical components comprises a broken or separated component tether, the LED structure comprises a broken or separated structure tether, and the optical element comprises a broken or separated element tether. 
     In certain embodiments, the LED of each of the one or more LED optical components is a micro-LED having one or more of a length of no more than 200 microns, 100 microns, 50, microns, or 20 microns and a width of no more than 200 microns, 100 microns, 50, microns, or 20 microns. 
     In another aspect, the disclosed technology includes a light-emitting diode (LED) optical component, including: an optical structure, the optical structure comprising a component substrate and an optical element having an optical extent and an optical area; and an LED structure comprising a broken or separated LED tether and an LED that is separate from the optical element, wherein (i) the LED structure is disposed on the component substrate, (ii) the LED emits light when provided with electrical power such that at least a portion of the emitted light is incident on the optical element, and (iii) the LED structure has an LED extent and an LED light-emitting area over the component substrate, wherein at least one of (i) the optical extent is at least one thousand, five thousand, ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, or one million times the LED extent and (ii) the optical area is at least one hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, one million, five million, ten million, or fifty million times the LED light-emitting area. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The foregoing and other objects, aspects, features, and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent and better understood by referring to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1A  is a cross section of an LED optical component that includes a top-emitting LED structure disposed on a component substrate and a reflective optical element distinct from the component substrate, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 1B  is a cross section of an LED optical component that includes two bottom-emitting LED structures disposed on a component substrate integral with a refractive optical element and having a planar surface on which the LED structures are disposed, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 1C  is a cross section of an LED optical component that includes two bottom-emitting LED structures disposed on a component substrate integral with a reflective optical element and having a planar surface on which the LED structures are disposed, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a detailed cross section of an LED structure on an LED source wafer, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention (e.g., that is used in the optical component shown in  FIG. 1A ); 
         FIG. 3  is a cross section of a transfer-printable LED optical component according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a cross section of a plurality of LED optical components disposed on a system substrate with a second optical element disposed on the system substrate, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a cross section of an LED optical component comprising a bottom-emitting LED structure and a dichroic filter optical element disposed between the LED structure and the component substrate, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIGS. 6 and 7  are cross sections of different transfer-printable LED optical components with dichroic filter optical elements, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a cross section of multiple LED optical components comprising multiple optical elements, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 9  is a cross section of an LED optical component that includes a component substrate with a pedestal portion on which an LED structure is disposed, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a cross section of an optical component including multiple LED structures that emit light of different colors incident on a common optical element, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 11  is a cross section of a plurality of LED optical components, each including multiple LED structures that emit light of different colors incident on a common optical element, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 12  is a plan view of multiple LED structures, each having multiple LEDs, disposed on a system substrate, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; 
         FIG. 13  is a detailed cross section of an LED structure attached to an LED source wafer, according to illustrative embodiments of the present invention; and 
         FIGS. 14 and 15  are flow diagrams illustrating exemplary methods in accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     The features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which like reference characters identify corresponding elements throughout. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally indicate identical, functionally similar, and/or structurally similar elements. The figures are not drawn to scale since the variation in size of various elements in the Figures is too great to permit depiction to scale. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Embodiments of the present invention include a light-emitting diode (LED or micro-LED) optical component  10  comprising one or more LEDS or micro-LEDs  32  and an optical element  50 , as shown in the illustration of  FIG. 1A  and the detail cross section of  FIG. 2 . The micro-LED  32  shown in  FIG. 2  is on or part of an LED source wafer  40  and can be disposed on an LED optical component  10  (e.g., the LED optical component  10  shown in  FIG. 1A ) by transfer printing (e.g., micro-transfer printing). A light-emitting volume  33  of each of one or more micro-LEDs  32  can be very small compared to the size or extent of an optical element  50 . Thus, in some embodiments, some, all, or a substantial portion of light emission of a micro-LED  32  can be located within, or very near, a focal point, area, or volume of the optical element  50 , thereby improving the efficiency of the LED optical component  10 . Without wishing to be bound by any particular theory, because physical optical elements are never ideal, the focal “point” of an actual optical element  10  is typically a volume or area. In some embodiments, a substantial portion of light emission of an LED  32  (e.g., a micro-LED), for example 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 95%, is within the focal point, focal area, or focal volume of an optical element  50 . In some embodiments, a substantial portion of light emission, for example 30%, 50%, 70%, 80%, 90%, or 95%, is within one micron, two microns, five microns, ten microns, twenty microns, fifty microns, or one hundred microns of a focal point, focal area, or focal volume of the optical element  50 . 
     Referring to the cross sections of  FIGS. 1A-1C, 2, and 13 , in some embodiments of the present invention a light-emitting diode (LED) optical component  10  comprises a component substrate  20  having an LED side  22  and an opposite side  24  opposing the LED side  22  (as shown in  FIG. 1A ). The optical component  10  comprises an LED structure  30  separate from the component substrate  20 . In some embodiments, the LED structure  30  comprises an LED  32  and a broken or separated LED tether  38  physically connected to or a part of the LED  32 . The LED structure  30  can be separate, distinct, and independent from the component substrate  20 . The LED  32  can be a semiconductor structure. The LED structure  30  can also optionally comprise an LED substrate  36  separate, distinct, and independent of the LED  32  and component substrate  20  (as shown in  FIG. 2 ). In some embodiments, the LED substrate  36  can be absent (as shown in  FIG. 13 ), integral to the LED  32 , or a portion of the LED  32 . By integral, it is meant that the elements (e.g., LED  32  and LED substrate  36 ) form a single integrated structure or are made of the same materials or formed in a common unit. 
     The LED structure  30  is disposed on or adjacent to the LED side  22  of the component substrate  20  and the LED  32  emits light  60  from the LED  32  when provided with electrical power, for example as illustrated with the dashed arrow in  FIG. 1A . An optical element  50  is disposed at least partly in contact with a component substrate  20  such that the emitted light is incident on the optical element  50  (e.g., as seen by the dashed arrow originating from an LED  32  of LED structure  30  in  FIG. 1A ). In certain embodiments, an optical element  50  can redirect the light  60  after the light  60  is emitted from an LED  32  of an LED structure  30  (as shown in  FIG. 1A ). As used herein, emitted light “is incident on” an optical element means that emitted photons from the LED are incident such that they impinge, strike, are intercepted by, pass through, are absorbed by, and/or are reflected from the optical element. Accordingly, an optical element disposed such that emitted light from an LED (e.g., a micro-LED) is incident on the optical element means that the optical element is disposed such that when light is emitted by the LED, the path that at least a portion of the emitted light takes intersects the optical element as the light propagates from the LED. 
     In some embodiments, a component substrate  20  is a micro-transfer printed component comprising a broken component tether  28  separate and distinct from the LED tether  38  (as shown in  FIG. 1A ). In some embodiments, a component substrate  20  is a portion of an optical structure  21  that comprises the optical element  50  and the component substrate  20 . Thus, in some embodiments, a component substrate  20  is integral with an optical element  50 , for example as a part of an optical structure  21  having a planar portion opposite a light-refractive optical element  50  (as shown in  FIG. 1B ) or light-reflective optical element  50  (as shown in  FIG. 1C ). In such cases, the opposite side  24  of a component substrate  20  can be a virtual side (as shown by dashed lines in  FIGS. 1B and 1C ) or can be the side in contact with or adjacent to the optical element  50 . In some embodiments, a component substrate  20  is formed in a common step with an optical element  50  using common materials, for example by molding an optical structure  21  that has a non-planar surface defining an optical element  50  opposing a planar surface (e.g., the LED side  22 ) that is part of or defines a component substrate  20  and on which an LED structure  30  can be disposed or mounted, for example, by micro-transfer printing. Thus, a component substrate  20  and an optical element  50  can be separate elements (as shown in  FIG. 1A ) or part of a common optical structure  21  (as shown in  FIGS. 1B, 1C ). In either case, the optical element  50  is at least partly in contact with the component substrate  20 , even if both are integral to a common optical structure  21 . A planar portion of a component substrate  20  can comprise reflectors or reflective portions and can comprise electrical conductors such as wires formed or disposed on or in the LED side  22  so that the component substrate  20  can conduct electricity to the LED structure  30  from an external power or control signal device (not shown). 
     An optical element  50  can be formed on or over an LED structure  30  (e.g., a micro-transfer printed LED structure) and component substrate  20 , for example by coating and molding optical materials, such as a substantially (e.g., greater than 50%, 70%, 90%, or 95%) transparent curable resin over the LED structure  30  and component substrate  20  ( FIG. 1A ). In some embodiments, an optical structure  21  can be first molded to form an optical element  50  and a component substrate  20  with a planar surface onto which an LED structure  30  is subsequently disposed (e.g., micro-transfer printed onto) (as shown in  FIGS. 1B, 1C ). 
     An LED  32  or LED structure  30  can be disposed at least partially between an optical element  50  and a component substrate  20  (as shown in  FIG. 1A ). In some embodiments, an optical element  50  is disposed on an opposite side  24  of a component substrate  20  that is opposite an LED side  22  of the component substrate  20  on or over which an LED structure  30  comprising LED  32  is disposed (as shown in  FIGS. 1B, 1C ). In some embodiments, an optical element  50  is disposed on an LED side  22  of a component substrate  20  between an LED structure  30  comprising an LED  32  and the component substrate  20  (as shown in  FIG. 5  and described further below). 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , an LED structure  30  can be provided on an LED source wafer  40  and transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) to a component substrate  20  using a transfer printing stamp (e.g., micro-transfer printing stamp). As shown in  FIG. 2 , an LED source wafer  40  comprises an LED source substrate  42 , for example, patterned with a sacrificial layer  46  that, when sacrificed (e.g., by etching) forms a gap  46  so that one or more LED structures  30  disposed thereon are each attached to one or more anchors  44  with one or more LED tethers  38 , wherein the one or more anchors  44  can be portions of the LED source substrate  42 . An LED source substrate  42  can comprise, for example, at least one of glass, plastic, a semiconductor, a compound semiconductor, or sapphire. A functional structure is formed or disposed over each sacrificial layer  46 , for example, an LED structure  30  comprising an LED  32  (as shown in  FIG. 13 ) or an integrated circuit. In some embodiments and as shown in  FIG. 2 , an LED structure  30  comprises an LED substrate  36  on which a bottom electrode  34  is formed and an LED  32  disposed over the bottom electrode  34 . In some embodiments, an LED tether  38  is a portion of the LED substrate  36 , a portion of the LED  32 , or a portion of an LED encapsulating layer (e.g., dielectric layer  37 ). A bottom electrode  34  can be reflective. A bottom electrode can comprise, for example, a metal, or transparent material, such as a transparent conductive oxide or doped semiconductor. A bottom electrode  34  can comprise an LED contact pad  35  or a separate LED contact pad  35  structure can be provided to provide electrical contact to an LED  32 . A protective dielectric layer  37  can be disposed over otherwise exposed surfaces and edges of an LED  32  and patterned to form vias through which a top electrode  34  can be electrically connected to an LED contact pad  35  to provide electrical contact to the LED  32 . Referring to  FIG. 13 , in which no separate LED substrate  36  is present, an LED  32  is formed or disposed directly on a sacrificial layer  46  and a protective dielectric layer  37  forms an LED tether  38  that physically connects the LED  32  to LED source substrate  42 . LED contact pads  35  can be designated portions of an LED  32 . An LED substrate  36  can be patterned to form vias through which electrodes  34  can be patterned to provide electrical contacts to the LED structure  30  that comprises the LED substrate  36 . In some embodiments, once a sacrificial layer  46  of an LED source wafer  40  is etched to form a gap  46 , an LED structure  30  can be micro-transfer printed by pressing a stamp against the LED structure  30  to break one or more LED tethers  38  that connect the LED structure  30  to anchors  44  of an LED substrate  42  of the LED source wafer  40  and adhere the LED structure  30  to the stamp. The LED structure  30  is then conveyed to a component substrate  20  and adhered to the component substrate  20  (e.g., micro-transfer printed onto the component substrate  20 ). 
     An optical element  50  can have an optical element extent D Optic  over a component substrate  20  (as shown in  FIG. 1A ). An optical element extent D Optic  can be an area of an optical element  50  over a component substrate  20  (i.e., the area defined by a projection of the optical element  50  orthogonally onto the component substrate  20 ), a diameter, or a dimension of the optical element  50  in a direction parallel to the component substrate  20 . Similarly, an LED structure  30  can have an LED structure extent D LED  over a component substrate  20  (as shown in  FIGS. 1A, 2 ). An LED structure extent D LED  can be an area of an LED structure  30  over a component substrate  20 , an area of an LED  32  of the LED structure  30  over the component substrate  20 , or an area D LEA  of a light-emitting volume  33  of the LED  32  over the component substrate  20  (i.e., the area defined by a projection orthogonally onto the component substrate  20 ). An LED structure extent D LED  can be limited to an area encompassing only an LED structure  30 , LED  32  of the LED structure  30 , or LED light-emitting area D LEA  of one or more LEDs  32 , for example a convex hull surrounding the LED structure  30 , the LED  32 , or LED light-emitting area D LEA  of one or more LEDs  32 . In some embodiments, wherein an LED optical component  10  comprises multiple LED structures  30  (e.g., each comprising multiple LEDs  32 ), an LED structure extent D LED  can be an area, for example a convex hull, encompassing all of the multiple LED structures  30 , all of the multiple LEDs  32  (e.g., in one or multiple LED structures  30 ), or an LED light-emitting area D LEA  of the LEDs  32  (e.g., of one or more multiple LED structures  30 ). 
     In various embodiments of the present invention, an optical element  50  comprises at least one of one or more refractive lenses, a dichroic filter, a color filter, a reflector, a diffuser, a polarizer, a wire-grid polarizer, a diffraction grating, and a diffractor. An optical element  50  can be a reflective element located on an LED side  22  of a component substrate  20 , with the LED  32  located between a portion of the optical element  50  and the LED side  22 . In some embodiments, a reflector  23  is disposed between an LED structure  30  (e.g., an LED  32  of the LED structure  30 ) and the LED side  22  of a component substrate  20  (as shown in  FIG. 1B ) except where the LED  32  emits light into or onto an optical element  50 . A reflector  23  can be substantially unpatterned (as shown in  FIG. 1B ) or patterned (not shown). 
     In some embodiments in which an optical element  50  is a reflective optical element  50  (such as those shown in  FIGS. 1A and 1C ), the reflective optical element  50  can be substantially parabolic, substantially spherical, substantially ellipsoidal, or can form a polygon with the component substrate  20 . By substantially it is meant that the structure conforms to the desired shape within the limitations of a manufacturing process. If an optical element  50  has a focal point, at least a portion of the LED light-emitting area D LEA , LED light-emitting volume  33 , LED  32 , or LED structure  30  can be disposed at the focal point of the optical element  50 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , an LED optical component  10  can be a transfer printable structure (e.g., a micro-transfer printable structure) formed on a component wafer with a component substrate  20  over a patterned sacrificial layer  46  that can be etched to form a gap  46  such that the component substrate  20  is attached to one or more anchors  44  (e.g., portion(s) of the component wafer) with one or more component tethers  28 . An LED structure  30  can be transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed from an LED source wafer  40 , as shown in  FIG. 2 ) onto the component substrate  20  and, in some embodiments, an optical element  50  is provided over the LED structure  30  and at least a portion of the component substrate  20 . In some embodiments, an optical element is transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) in order to form an LED optical component such that the optical element comprises one or more broken or separated element tethers after printing. The LED optical component  10  can then be transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) to a desired structure by contacting the LED optical component  10  with a stamp to break the one or more component tethers  28 . In some embodiments, an optical element  50  is formed or disposed on the desired structure after a component substrate  20  with an LED structure  30  disposed thereon is transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) to the desired location (e.g., substrate). 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 , in some embodiments of the present invention, an optical element  50  is a first optical element  50  and an LED optical component  10  comprises a second optical element  52  disposed between an LED structure  30  and a component substrate  20  of the LED optical component  10  or disposed on the side  24  of the component substrate  20  opposite the LED structure  30 .  FIG. 4  illustrates a system substrate  12  supporting a plurality of LED optical components  10  each comprising a second optical element  52  in contact with the side of the system substrate  12  opposite the side on which the component substrate  20  is disposed. In some embodiments, second optical elements  52  are in contact with opposite side  24  of the component substrate  20 , for example similarly to the optical elements  50  of  FIGS. 1B and 1C . The second optical element  52  can comprise at least one of one or more refractive lenses (as shown in  FIG. 4 ), a dichroic filter, a color filter, a reflector, a diffuser, a polarizer, a wire-grid polarizer, a diffraction grating, and a diffractor. As shown in  FIG. 4 , in some embodiments, a second optical element  52  is disposed (e.g., formed) on a side of the system substrate  12  opposite a component substrate  20 , broken component tether  28 , LED structure  30 , and first optical element  50 . 
       FIGS. 1A and 2  illustrate embodiments in which an LED  32  is a top-emitter LED  32  that emits light towards and incident on an optical element  50  and comprises a bottom electrode  34  and one or more LED contact pads  35  (which can be the same element and can be reflective). In  FIGS. 1B and 1C , LEDs  32  are bottom-emitter LEDs  32  that emit light towards (e.g., into) component substrates  20  and each LED structure  30  comprises electrodes  34  and one or more LED contacts  35  (that can be reflective) on the same side of the LEDs  32  that is opposite the component substrate  20  (e.g., as shown in the LED structure  30  shown in  FIG. 5 ). In some embodiments, portions of a bottom electrode  34  contacting a bottom side of a bottom-emitting LED  32  can be transparent. In  FIG. 1A , the LED structure  30  is at least partly between the optical element  50  and the component substrate  20 . In  FIGS. 1B and 1C , the component substrates  20  are at least partly between the optical elements  50  and the LED structures  30 . 
     In some embodiments, an optical element  50  is disposed between an LED structure  30  and a component substrate  20 . Referring to  FIG. 5 , for example, in some embodiments, an optical element  50  is a dichroic filter comprising alternating layers of optical materials with different optical refractive indices. Light  60  emitted from the bottom-emitting LED  32  of the LED structure  30  shown in  FIG. 5  passes through the dichroic filter (optical element  50 ) and the component substrate  20  of the LED structure  30  and thence into the environment. An optical element  50  can be formed as an unpatterned layer on a component substrate  20  and can be distinct from an LED substrate  36  or LED  32 . An LED structure  30  can be transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) onto an optical element  50 . 
     In some embodiments, and as shown in  FIGS. 6 and 7 , an optical element  50  is formed over an LED source substrate  42  of an LED source wafer  40 . In  FIG. 6 , LED substrate  36  is then formed over optical element  50  (i.e., a dichroic filter). In some embodiments, an optical element  50  (e.g., a dichroic filter) is formed over an LED substrate  36  and disposed between an LED  32  and the LED substrate  36 . In some embodiments, an LED  32  is formed directly on an optical element  50  so that the optical element  50  filter is an LED substrate  36  (for example, as shown in  FIG. 7 ). In some embodiments, an LED  32 , patterned electrodes  34 , LED contact pads  35 , and patterned dielectric layer  37  are disposed over an LED substrate  36  (e.g., as described with respect to  FIG. 2 ). In some embodiments, a sacrificial layer  46  is etched to form a gap  46  so that an LED structure  30  is attached to one or more anchors  44  of an LED source wafer  40  (e.g., one or more portions of LED source substrate  42 ) with one or more LED tethers  38 . In some embodiments, a tether  38  is broken (e.g., fractured) or separated when an LED structure  30  is transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed), with an optical element  50 , onto a component substrate  20 . Thus, in some embodiments of an LED optical component  10 , an optical element  50  is only present in correspondence to (e.g., in a volume adjacent to or provided with, or both in a volume adjacent to and provided with) an LED structure  30 . 
     In some embodiments, an LED optical system  70  comprises a plurality of optical components  10  and a corresponding plurality of LED structures  30  and optical elements  10 . For example, an LED optical system  70  according to  FIG. 8  comprises a plurality of the structures illustrated in  FIG. 6  or  FIG. 7  disposed on each component substrate  20 . In such an example, each LED structure  30  emits light directly through the optical element  50  filter (as shown in  FIG. 6  or  FIG. 7 ) into a component substrate  20  and then into a corresponding optical element  50 . Component substrates  20  can be distinct from optical elements  50  and second optical elements  52  (as shown in  FIG. 8 ). Component substrates  20  and LED structures  30  can be disposed on a single optical structure  21  that comprises multiple optical elements  50  (e.g., each LED optical component  10  comprising a different optical element  50 ). Component substrates  20  with LED structures  30 , and optionally, optical elements  50 , can be transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) onto an optical structure  21  such that each component substrate  20  comprises a broken or separated component tether  28 . In some embodiments, optical elements  50  are integral with a component substrate  20  in a common optical structure (not shown) and all of the LED structures  30  and component substrates  20  are disposed on a single optical structure  21  that includes multiple optical elements  50 . In other embodiments, all of the LED structures  30  are disposed on a single common component substrate  20  (not shown but e.g., similarly to optical elements  50  in  FIGS. 1B and 1C ). 
     In some embodiments of an LED optical component  10 , and as shown in  FIG. 9 , a component substrate  20  is non-planar and comprises a pedestal portion  26  and a non-pedestal portion  27 , both on the LED side  22 . The pedestal portion  26  extends (e.g., vertically) from the non-pedestal portion  27 . In such embodiments, an LED structure  30  comprising an LED  32  is disposed on the pedestal portion  26 . In some embodiments, an optical element  50  is formed or disposed over both the pedestal and non-pedestal portions  26 ,  27  of a component substrate  20  such that the optical element  50  is located on the LED side  22 , with the LED structure  30  and LED  32  located between a portion of the optical element  50  and the LED side  22 . In some embodiments, an optical element  50  extends onto the non-pedestal portion  27  of a component substrate  20 . An arrangement comprising a component substrate  20  comprising a pedestal portion  26  can more readily dispose an LED  32  or light-emitting volume  33  of the LED  32  at the focal point, focal area, or focal volume of an optical element  50 . 
     In various embodiments of the present invention, an LED optical component  10  emits at least one of collimated light, light having a Lambertian distribution, light focused to a point or desired volume, light that focuses to a volume smaller than an LED structure  30  or LED  32  of the LED optical component  10 , and light that focuses to a volume smaller than a light-emitting volume  33  or LED light-emission area D LEA  of an LED  32  over a component substrate  20  of the LED optical component  10  (e.g., as illustrated in  FIG. 2 ). 
     In some embodiments, an LED structure  30  or LED  32  has at least one of a length, width, and depth less than or equal to one micron, two microns, three microns, five microns, ten microns, twenty microns, fifty microns, one hundred microns, or two hundred microns. An LED  32  can have a light-emitting volume  33  and corresponding LED light-emission area D LEA  of the LED  32  over a component substrate  20  on which the LED  32  is disposed. An optical element  50  can have an extent over a component substrate  20  that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than a light-emitting volume  33  or an LED light-emission area D LEA  of an LED  32 , an LED  32  itself, or an LED structure  30 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 10 and 11 , in an LED optical component  10  in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, an LED structure  30  is a first LED structure  30 R comprising an LED  32  that emits a first color of light  60 R (for example red light) from the LED  32  and the LED optical component  10  includes a second LED structure  30 G comprising an LED  32  that emits a second color of light  60 G different from the first color (for example green light) from the LED  32 . In some embodiments, an LED optical component  10  includes a third LED structure  30 B comprising an LED  32  that emits a third color of light  60 B different from the first color and different from the second color (for example blue) from the LED  32 . Any of the first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B are collectively referred to as LED structures  30  and any of the first, second, and third LEDs  32 R,  32 G,  32 B are collectively referred to as LEDs  32 . In some embodiments, light emitted from different LEDs is incident on the same or different optical elements. 
     In some embodiments, because first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B are relatively small compared to an optical element  50 , for example, as determined by a ratio of an LED structure extent D LED  (e.g., taken as a convex hull of LED structures  30 R,  30 G, and  30 B in  FIG. 10 ) to the extent D Optic  of the optical element  50  over the component substrate  20 , the LED structures  30  can substantially appear to be a single point source of light (e.g., with uniform color, for example white light  60  as viewed by the human visual system). Such point sources are useful to provide color mixing in illumination systems (e.g., lamps) or in displays. Thus, in various embodiments, an optical element  50  has an extent over a component substrate  20  that is at least three times greater, five times greater, ten times greater, twenty times greater, or fifty times greater than an extent of light emitted from the LEDs  32  of first and second LED structures  30 R,  30 G or from the LEDs  32  of first, second and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B. 
     In  FIG. 10 , the first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B emit red, green, and blue light  60 R,  60 G,  60 B directly into or onto a reflective optical element  50 . In  FIG. 11 , an LED optical system  70  comprises a first optical element  50  for each of the first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B in an LED optical component  10  (e.g., in accordance with structures shown in  FIG. 6 or 7 ). In some embodiments, each of the LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B has a corresponding respective first optical element  50  tuned to filter emitted light to the desired frequency of the corresponding LED  32 , providing a purer color having a reduced full-width half-max spectral range for light emitted from each of the different LEDs  32  (e.g., as individually shown in  FIGS. 6 and 7 ). A second optical element  52  can be provided to further direct the light emitted from the different LED structures  30 . 
     In some embodiments, a second optical element  52  is common to the first and second LED structures  30 R,  30 G, for example disposed on a common component substrate  20 . In some embodiments, a second optical element  52  is common to the first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B disposed on a common component substrate  20  (e.g., as shown in  FIG. 11 ). Thus, in some embodiments of the present invention, an LED optical component  10  comprises a first optical element  50  disposed such that emitted light (i.e., light emitted from the first LED  32 ) is incident on the first optical element  50  and the LED optical component  10  includes a second optical element  52  disposed at least partly in contact with the component substrate  20  such that the emitted light from the second LED  32  is incident on the second optical element  52 . The second optical element  52  is a refractive optical element  52  in  FIG. 11  but could be, as a non-limiting alternative, a reflective optical element  52 , for example as illustrated in  FIG. 1C . 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, each LED structure  30  has emits light through a common second optical element  52 . In some embodiments, an LED optical component  10  comprises a corresponding second optical element  52  for each LED structure  30 . For example, the second optical element  52  corresponding to a first LED structure  30 R could be a red-light filter, the second optical element  52  corresponding to a second LED structure  30 G could be a green-light filter, and the second optical element  52  corresponding to a third LED structure  30 B could be a blue-light filter. In some embodiments, a first optical element  50  or a second optical element  52  is common to first and second LED structures  30 R,  30 G. In some embodiments, a first optical element  50  or a second optical element  52  is common to first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B. In other embodiments, each of the first and second optical elements  50 ,  52  or both intercept light emitted from any one, any combination, or all of the LED structures  30  or LEDs  32 . As intended herein, color filters include color-change materials such as down-converting phosphors or quantum dots. 
     Use of different first and second optical elements  50 ,  52  can provide the light  60  emitted by the different first and second LED structures with different attributes, for example different colors or different polarizations or both. In an exemplary embodiment, an array of LED optical components  10  with a common polarization provides a back light for a liquid crystal display (LCD). Thus, in various embodiments, the present invention provides microscopic light sources with desirable attributes such as a narrow spectral range, collimated light, or polarized light. 
     In some embodiments of the present invention, and referring to  FIG. 12  (and  FIG. 4  in cross section), an LED optical system  70  includes a system substrate  12  on which one or more LED structure  30  or LED optical components  10  are disposed. As shown in  FIG. 12 , red-, green-, and blue-light emitting first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B are disposed on component substrates  20  that are disposed onto the system substrate  12 . The LEDs  32  of the first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B are electrically connected with fine-resolution electrical connections  80  (for example formed by photolithographic techniques and having dimensions from 100 nm to 1 micron, from 1 micron to 10 microns, from 10 microns to 50 microns, or from 50 microns to 100 microns) to component contact pads  84  to form pixel modules, each comprising an electrically connected LED optical component  10 . Wires indicated by dashed lines are formed in a lower layer to avoid shorting and are connected to wires  80  in an upper layer (e.g., through vias). LED optical components  10  can be transfer printed (e.g., micro-transfer printed) onto a system substrate  12  and electrically connected using relatively low-cost (compared to the fine-resolution electrical connections within each LED optical component  10 ) coarse-resolution electrical connections  82  (for example formed by printed-circuit board (PCB) or screen-printing techniques and having dimensions from 100 microns to 1 mm, or from 1 mm to 10 mm. Thus, in some embodiments, as shown in  FIG. 12 , LED structures  30  are electrically interconnected on a component substrate  20  with fine-resolution electrical connections  80  and component substrates  20  are electrically interconnected on a system substrate  12  with coarse-resolution electrical connections  82 , thereby reducing costs (e.g., by reducing the amount of relatively expensive fine-resolution electrical connections  82  used to form interconnections). Fine-resolution electrical connections or wires  89  are smaller and have a greater resolution than the coarse-resolution electrical connections  82  so that more electrically separate fine-resolution wires  80  can be formed in a given area than coarse-resolution wires  82 . 
     In some embodiments, a system substrate  12  comprises an optical element that redirects light emitted into the system substrate  12 . In some embodiments, an optical element  50  is disposed on a system substrate  12  that redirects light emitted into or onto the optical element  50 , for example lenses or reflectors. 
     In some embodiments, a light-emitting diode (LED) optical component  10  includes an optical element  50  having an optical substrate, the optical element  50  having an optical extent and an optical area. An LED structure  30  comprises a broken LED tether  38  and an LED  32  separate from the optical substrate. The LED structure  30  is disposed on a component substrate  20  and the LED  32  emits light into or onto the optical element  50  when provided with electrical power. The LED structure  30  has an LED extent and a light-emitting area. In some embodiments, the optical extent is at least one thousand, five thousand, ten thousand, fifty thousand, one hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, or one million times the LED extent. In some embodiments, the optical area is at least one hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, one million, five million, ten million, or fifty million times the LED area. 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , a method of making an LED optical component  10  includes providing an LED source wafer  40  having LED structures  30  disposed on a sacrificial layer  46  in step  100 , for example by using photolithographic methods, materials, and processes. An optical element  50  is provided in step  110  and, in step  120  an LED structure  30  is micro-transfer printed onto the optical element  50  by etching the sacrificial layer  46  of the LED source wafer  40 , pressing a micro-transfer stamp against the LED structure  30  to break the one or more LED tethers  38  (connecting the LED structure  30  to the LED source wafer  40 ) and adhere the LED structure  30  to the stamp, transferring the stamp and the LED structure  30  to the optical element  50 , and contacting the LED structure  30  to the optical element  50  to adhere the LED structure  30  to the optical element  50 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 15 , a method of making an LED optical component  10  includes providing red, green, and blue LED source wafers  40  having first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B comprising red-light-emitting LEDs  32 , green-light-emitting LEDs  32 , and blue-light-emitting LEDs  32  (respectively), disposed on a sacrificial layer  46  on the respective red, green, and blue LED source wafers  40  in steps  100 R,  100 G, and  100 B. A component source wafer is provided in step  130  and the first, second, and third LED structures  30 R,  30 G,  30 B are micro-transfer printed from their respective red, green, and blue LED source wafers  40  to the component source wafer in step  140  and electrically connected using fine lithography. In step  150 , optical components  10  are micro-transfer printed to the system substrate  12  from the component source wafer and the optical components  10  are electrically connected using coarse lithography (e.g., to an external power, control signal source, or both). In some embodiments, the LED optical system  70  can then be operated by providing power or control signals to the coarse-resolution wires  82  from an external control circuit (not shown) to electrically stimulate the LEDs  32  through the fine-resolution wires  80  (e.g., using electrodes  34 ) to emit light  60 . The light  60  passes through (e.g., is filtered or refracted) or is reflected from a first optical element  50  and optional second optical element  52  disposed onto the LED optical component  10  and provides the desired function, for example illumination or display. 
     In some embodiments, each LED optical component  10  is at least a portion of a pixel in a display. LED optical components  10  can be arranged or disposed in an array over a display substrate (e.g., system substrate  12 ) that can include at least one of glass, flexible glass, plastic, resin, ceramic, and metal. A system substrate  12  can have a thickness from 5 to 10 microns, 10 to 50 microns, 50 to 100 microns, 100 to 200 microns, 200 to 500 microns, 500 microns to 0.5 mm, 0.5 to 1 mm, 1 mm to 5 mm, 5 mm to 10 mm, or 10 mm to 20 mm. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a system substrate  12  can include layers formed on an underlying structure or substrate, for example a rigid or flexible glass or plastic substrate. 
     Generally, LED structures  30  and LED source wafers  40  can be made using techniques and materials found in the photolithographic and display industries, as well as the printed-circuit board industry. An LED source substrate  42  or component substrate  20  can be a semiconductor source substrate, for example silicon, such as silicon (1 0 0) or silicon (1 1 1), compound semiconductors, glass, plastic, or other materials suitable for wafers. Sacrificial layers  46  can include layers or patterned layers of etchable materials, for example such as oxides or nitrides such as silicon oxide or silicon nitride, or portions of an LED source substrate  42  or component substrate  20  that are differentially etchable in different directions (for example by taking advantage of the crystalline structure of the LED source substrate  42  or a component substrate  20  to etch in one direction more rapidly than in another direction). A system substrate  12  can be a display or lamp substrate, for example glass or plastic. 
     First and second optical elements  50 ,  52  can be made of glass or plastic and formed by molding or casting, for example injection molding or extrusion, or stamping or etching and can be provided with desirable shapes or profiles. First and second optical elements  50 ,  52  can, for example, have multiple layers of different materials with different attributes, such as optical refractive indices, thicknesses, or reflectivities and can, for example, be deposited by coating, sputtering, or evaporation. First and second optical elements  50 ,  52  can be ground or polished and can be coated with reflective materials, for example aluminum deposited by evaporation, or anti-reflection layers. First and second optical elements  50 ,  52  can be made by depositing layers of optically transparent materials by coating, evaporation, or sputtering. Photolithographic methods can be used to form structures such as wire-grid polarizers, diffraction gratings, or diffractors. Reflective or refractive particles can be provided in a coating or layer to form diffusers. Pigments or dyes can be used to filter light  60  and color-change materials (e.g., materials comprising phosphors or quantum dots) can change the frequency of emitted light  60 . All of these optical structures or functions are contemplated for use in various embodiments of optical elements in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. 
     LEDs  32  can be semiconductor structures, such as silicon, or compound semiconductor structures, for example GaN. Different LEDs  32  that emit light of different colors can be made using different semiconductors, such as different compound semiconductors or different compositions of compound semiconductors. LEDs  32  can be inorganic LEDs (e.g., inorganic micro-LEDs). LED structures  30  can include dielectric materials, for example silicon dioxide or nitride to protect LEDs  32  in LED structures  30  and provide tethers (e.g., LED tether  38  or component tether  28 ). 
     LEDs  32  in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention can include an inorganic micro-light-emitting diode (micro-iLED)  32  having a light-emitting side disposed to emit light  60 . In some embodiments, solid-state lasers (e.g., diode lasers such as micro-diode lasers) are used as light emitters (in place of micro-LEDs  32 ) in LED optical components  10 . It is understood that where reference is made to an LED or micro-LED in the present disclosure, a comparably sized diode laser can be used in place of the LED or micro-LED. Micro-LEDs  32  having various structures can be made using, for example, doped or undoped semiconductor materials and can be made using photolithographic techniques. Micro-LEDs  32  can be relatively small, for example in some embodiments each micro-LED  32  has at least one of a width from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, a length from 2 to 5 μm, 5 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm, and a height from 2 to 5 μm, 4 to 10 μm, 10 to 20 μm, or 20 to 50 μm. In some embodiments, micro-LEDs  32  are formed in substrates or on supports separate, distinct, and independent from a system substrate  12  or component substrate  20 . 
     Methods of forming micro-transfer printable structures are described, for example, in the paper  AMOLED Displays using Transfer - Printed Integrated Circuits  (Journal of the Society for Information Display, 2011, DOI #10.1889/JSID19.4.335, 1071-0922/11/1904-0335, pages 335-341) and U.S. Pat. No. 8,889,485, referenced above. For a discussion of micro-transfer printing techniques see, U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,722,458, 7,622,367 and 8,506,867, the disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Micro-transfer printing using compound micro-assembly structures and methods can also be used with the present invention, for example, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/822,868, filed Aug. 10, 2015, entitled Compound Micro-Assembly Strategies and Devices, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. In some embodiments, an LED optical component  10  is a compound micro-assembled device. Additional details useful in understanding and performing aspects of the present invention are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/743,981, filed Jun. 18, 2015, entitled Micro Assembled LED Displays and Lighting Elements, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     As is understood by those skilled in the art, the terms “over”, “under”, “above”, “below”, “beneath”, and “on” are relative terms and can be interchanged in reference to different orientations of the layers, elements, and substrates included in the present invention. For example, a first layer on a second layer, in some embodiments means a first layer directly on and in contact with a second layer. In other embodiments, a first layer on a second layer includes another layer there between. Additionally, “on” can mean “on” or “in.” 
     Having described certain embodiments, it will now become apparent to one of skill in the art that other embodiments incorporating the concepts of the disclosure may be used. Therefore, the invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but rather should be limited only by the spirit and scope of the following claims. 
     Throughout the description, where apparatus and systems are described as having, including, or comprising specific components, or where processes and methods are described as having, including, or comprising specific steps, it is contemplated that, additionally, there are apparatus, and systems of the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited components, and that there are processes and methods according to the disclosed technology that consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited processing steps. 
     It should be understood that the order of steps or order for performing certain action is immaterial so long as the disclosed technology remains operable. Moreover, two or more steps or actions in some circumstances can be conducted simultaneously. The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention. 
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         D Optic  optical element extent 
         D LED  LED structure extent 
         D LEA  LED light-emission area 
           10  LED optical component 
           12  system substrate 
           20  component substrate 
           21  optical structure 
           22  LED side 
           23  reflector 
           24  opposite side 
           26  pedestal portion 
           27  non-pedestal portion 
           28  component tether 
           30  LED structure 
           30 R first LED structure 
           30 G second LED structure 
           30 B third LED structure 
           32  LED/micro-LED 
           33  light-emitting volume 
           34  electrode 
           35  LED contact pad 
           36  LED substrate 
           37  dielectric layer 
           38  LED tether 
           40  LED source wafer 
           42  LED source substrate 
           44  anchor 
           46  sacrificial layer/gap 
           50  optical element/first optical element 
           52  second optical element 
           60  light 
           60 R red light 
           60 G green light 
           60 B blue light 
           70  LED optical system 
           80  fine-resolution electrical connection/wire 
           82  coarse-resolution electrical connection/wire 
           84  component contact pads 
           100  provide LED structure source wafer step 
           100 R provide red LED structure source wafer step 
           100 G provide green LED structure source wafer step 
           100 B provide blue LED structure source wafer step 
           110  provide optical element step 
           120  print LED structure on optical element step 
           130  provide component source wafer step 
           140  print LED structures on component source wafer step 
           150  print components on system substrate step