RC2LED: a novel resonant-cavity LED design using a symmetric resonant cavity in the outcoupling reflector

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 669-673

  Bienstman, Peter ^a,b   Baets, Roel ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a IEEE

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Engineering Faculty

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f Engineering Faculty ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; MICROCAVITY; RESONANT CAVITY LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; RESONANT CAVITY REFLECTOR;

CAVITY RESONATORS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0033725851     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.845721     Document Type: Article

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