The spatial distribution of light from silicon LEDs

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-237

  Aharoni, Herzl ^a   Du Plessis, Monuko ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Light patterns; Light emitting diodes; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALS; CURRENT DENSITY; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

CRYSTAL STRIATIONS; LIGHT PATTERNS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0030372987     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)80119-7     Document Type: Article

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