Enhancing light extraction mechanisms of ganbased light-emitting diodes through the integration of imprinting microstructures, patterned sapphire substrates, and surface roughness

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 104, 2010, Pages A489-A498

  Lee, Yeeu Chang ^a   Ni, Ching Huai ^a   Chen, Chih Yeeu ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INTEGRATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); SAPPHIRE; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; GAN-BASED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; IMPRINTING TECHNIQUE; LIGHT EXTRACTION; LIGHT OUTPUT POWER; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; PATTERNED SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATE; PYRAMID PROFILE; PYRAMID STRUCTURE; ROUGHNESS EFFECTS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 78149419426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.00A489     Document Type: Article

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