Ultraviolet light-emitting diodes based on group three nitrides

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Khan, Asif ^a   Balakrishnan, Krishnan ^a   Katona, Tom ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NITRIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

EID: 38749146896     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.293     Document Type: Article

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