Electromagnetic modeling of outcoupling efficiency and light emission in near-infrared quantum dot light emitting devices

Progress In Electromagnetics Research B

Volumn , Issue 24, 2010, Pages 263-284

  Farghal, A E ^a   Wageh, S ^a   El Azm, A A ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; CURRENT DENSITY; EFFICIENCY; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TIN OXIDES;

DEVICE GEOMETRIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; EMITTED RADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 77955798115     PISSN: 19376472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERB10070206     Document Type: Article

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