Mechanism of high field electroluminesence and determination of the space charge limited field in polymeric dielectrics

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 690-699

  Cao, Yang ^a,b   Boggs, Steven ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Electrical Insulation Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence; Space charge

Indexed keywords

CHARGE LIMITED FIELDS; PHOTON FLUX;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; FLUXES; PHOTONS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 27744516258     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1511094     Document Type: Article

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