Impact of photonic crystals on LED light extraction efficiency: Approaches and limits to vertical structure designs

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 35, 2010, Pages

  Matioli, Elison ^a   Weisbuch, Claude ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAN; ALGAN LAYERS; ALL-OPTICAL; COMPETING MECHANISMS; CONFINING LAYERS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; EXTRACTION MECHANISMS; FILL FACTOR; GUIDED LIGHT; GUIDED MODES; HIGH-RESOLUTION ANGLE-RESOLVED; LATTICE-MISMATCHED; LED LIGHTS; LOW ORDER; METAL LAYER; OPTICAL ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PHCS); QUANTUM WELL; STRUCTURE DESIGN; THEORETICAL MODELS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL-STRUCTURE DESIGNS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 78249256048     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/35/354005     Document Type: Article

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