Nitride-based light emitting diodes with textured sidewalls and pillar waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2517-2519

  Shen, C F ^a   Chang, S J ^a   Ko, T K ^a   Kuo, C T ^b   Shei, S C ^c   Chen, W S ^a   Lee, C T ^a   Chang, C S ^b   Chiou, Y Z ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Epitech Technology Corporation   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^d SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nitride based LEDs; Textured sidewall; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOCURRENTS;

LATERAL WAVEGUIDE MODE; NITRIDE-BASED LEDS; PILLAR WAVEGUIDES; TEXTURED SIDEWALL;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33947234304     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887350     Document Type: Article

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