GaN-based distributed Bragg reflector for high-brightness LED and solid-state lighting

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4763-4767

  Wang, Dong Xue ^a   Ferguson, Ian T ^a   Buck, John A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SOLID-STATE LIGHTING; THIN-FILM OPTICS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS;

EID: 34548544897     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.004763     Document Type: Article

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