Efficient and directed nano-LED emission by a complete elimination of transverse-electric guided modes

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 476-481

  Kuo, Mei Ling ^a   Kim, Yong Sung ^a   Hsieh, Mei Li ^a,b   Lin, Shawn Yu ^a  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

light extraction efficiency; Light emitting diode; nanorod; optical guided modes

Indexed keywords

BACK REFLECTORS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GUIDED MODES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EXTRACTION; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; NANO SCALE; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOLED; OPTICAL MODES; OPTICALLY PUMPED; QUANTUM WELL; SIZE REDUCTIONS; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGY;

DIODES; EXTRACTION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING; NANORODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 79851474265     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl103243n     Document Type: Article

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