Design optimization of photonic crystal structure for improved light extractionof GaN LED

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1257-1263

  Long, Dang Hoang ^a   Hwang, In Kag ^a   Ryu, Sang Wan ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); LED; Light extraction; Photonic crystal (PC)

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; DENSITY OF HOLES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); LED; LED STRUCTURE; LIGHT EXTRACTION; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; PATTERN PERIODICITY; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GALLIUM NITRIDE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROCOMPUTERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 70349330754     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2014471     Document Type: Article

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