Vertical cavity violet light emitting diode incorporating an aluminum gallium nitride distributed Bragg mirror and a tunnel junction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3720-3722

  Diagne, M ^a   He, Y ^a   Zhou, H ^a   Makarona, E ^a   Nurmikko, A V ^a   Han, J ^b,e   Waldrip, K E ^b   Figiel, J J ^b   Takeuchi, T ^c   Krames, M ^d  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d Philips Lumileds Lighting Company   (United States)

^e Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 0035956158     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1415405     Document Type: Article

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