Oblique electron-beam evaporation of distinctive indium-tin-oxide nanorods for enhanced light extraction from InGaN/GaN light emitting diodes

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 21250-21256

  Chiu, C H ^a   Yu, Peichen ^a   Chang, C H ^a   Yang, C S ^a   Hsu, M H ^a   Kuo, H C ^a   Tsai, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; EVAPORATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INDIUM; LIGHTING; NANORODS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; INGAN/GAN LIGHTEMITTING DIODES (LEDS); INJECTION CURRENTS; LIGHT OUTPUT POWER; LUMINOUS INTENSITY; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAYER;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; NITROGEN; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70749151144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.021250     Document Type: Article

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