High brightness GaN-based light-emitting diodes

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Lee, Ya Ju ^b   Lu, Tien Chang ^b   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a,b   Wang, Shing Chung ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extraction quantum efficiency; GaN; Internal quantum efficiency; Light emitting diodes (LEDs)

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EXTRACTION;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT SCATTERING; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; WET ETCHING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 34249305526     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2007.894380     Document Type: Article

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