History, development, and applications of high-brightness visible light-emitting diodes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1154-1171

  Dupuis, Russell D ^a   Krames, Michael R ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Philips Lumileds Lighting Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; Epitaxial layers; Light sources; Light emitting diodes (LEDS); Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor epitaxial layers; Semiconductor growth; Semiconductor heterojunctions; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; LUMINANCE; LUMINOUS MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRONIC BANDS; HIGH-BRIGHTNESS (HB); III-V ALLOYS; LIGHT GENERATION; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; LUMINOUS EFFICACIES; MASS PRODUCTION; P N JUNCTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; VISIBLE LIGHT; WHITE LIGHT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 46749095575     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923628     Document Type: Review

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