Phosphor-free monolithic white-light LED

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1210-1217

  Lu, Chih Feng ^a   Huang, Chi Feng ^a   Chen, Yung Sheng ^a   Shiao, Wen Yu ^a   Chen, Cheng Yen ^a   Lu, Yen Cheng ^a   Yang, Chih Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

InGaN GaN quantum well; LED; Phosphor free

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; BLUE-EMITTING; CRYSTAL QUALITIES; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; GREEN LEDS; GROWTH METHOD; GROWTH TECHNIQUES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INGAN/GAN QUANTUM WELL; KEY ISSUES; LAYER GROWTH; LED; WHITE LIGHT; WHITE-LIGHT LEDS;

INDIUM; LUMINESCENCE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOSPHORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LIGHT;

EID: 70349332296     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2013184     Document Type: Article

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