Lattice constant effect of photonic crystals on the light output of blue light-emitting diodes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1455-1457

  Kim, Keunjoo ^a   Choi, Jaeho ^b   Park, Jong Bae ^c   Jeon, Sang Cheol ^d   Kim, Jin Soo ^d   Lee, Hee Mok ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electroluminescence (EL); Light emitting diodes (LEDs); Nanophotonics; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONICS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

BLUE-LIGHT-EMITTING; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DEPTH RANGE; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE (EL); HALF-WAVELENGTH; LIGHT OUTPUT; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES (LEDS); MULTI-QUANTUM WELL; NANO-HOLES; NANOPHOTONICS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC BAND GAPS; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL SLABS; TRIANGULAR LATTICES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 49249123937     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.927893     Document Type: Article

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