Modeling of III-nitride light-emitting diodes: Progress, problems, and perspectives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7939, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Karpov, Sergey Yu ^a  

^a SOFT IMPACT LTD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

current spreading; III nitride semiconductors; internal quantum efficiency; LEDs; light conversion; light extraction efficiency; simulation

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SPREADING; III-NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LEDS; LIGHT CONVERSION; LIGHT EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION;

EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; MODELS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79955787136     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.872842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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