Direct measurement of internal quantum efficiency in light emitting diodes under electrical injection

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

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

^a University of California   (United States)

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

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MATERIALS; APPROXIMATE MODEL; COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTION; CURRENT SPREADING; DEVICE LAYERS; DIRECT EMISSIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL INJECTION; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; FULL WAVES; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LED STRUCTURE; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL MODELS; PHOTON RECYCLING; SMALL APERTURE; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION;

DIRECT INJECTION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; EXTRACTION; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79955447920     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3549730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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