Microwatt MOSLED using SiOx with buried Si nanocrystals on Si nano-pillar array

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1486-1491

  Lin, Gong Ru ^a   Pai, Yi Pai ^a   Lin, Cheng Tao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Metal oxide semiconductor light emitting diode (MOSLED); Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD); Si nano pillar array

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALS; PHOTONICS;

LIGHT-EMITTING; METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (MOS);

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 46349083328     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.922177     Document Type: Article

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