Rigorous electromagnetic analysis of dipole emission in periodically corrugated layers: The grating-assisted resonant-cavity light-emitting diode

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 871-880

  Delbeke, Danaë ^a   Bienstman, Peter ^a   Bockstaele, Ronny ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

COUPLED WAVE THEORY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0005942534     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000871     Document Type: Article

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