Thermally stable mirror structures for vertical-conducting GaN/Mirror/Si light-emitting diodes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1913-1915

  Huang, Shao Hua ^a   Horng, Ray Hua ^a   Li, Szu Lung ^a   Yen, Kuo Wei ^a   Wuu, Dong Sing ^a   Lin, Chao Kun ^b   Liu, Heng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bridgelux Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallium nitride; GaN; Laser liftoff; Light emitting diodes; Light emitting diode (LED); Thermally stable mirror; Wafer bonding

Indexed keywords

CONTACT RESISTANCE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MIRRORS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WAFER BONDING;

LASER LIFTOFF; OXIDATION ANNEALING; THERMALLY STABLE MIRROR;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 38049170735     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.908352     Document Type: Article

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