Enhancement of flip-chip light-emitting diodes with omni-directional reflector and textured micropillar arrays

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1200-1202

  Lee, Chia En ^a   Lee, Yi Jiun ^a   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a   Tsai, Meng Ru ^a   Cheng, B S ^a   Lu, Tien Chang ^a   Wang, Shing Chung ^a   Kuo, Chia Tai ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dry etching; Flip chip light emitting diodes (FC LEDs); Micropillar array; Omni directional reflectors (ODRs)

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; MIRRORS; SUBSTRATES;

LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; MICROPILLAR ARRAYS; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTOR;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 34547602314     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.901718     Document Type: Article

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