Enhancing the light emission of AlGaAs-based LEDs through single gold nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-855

  Göhler, Tino ^a   Hille, Andreas ^a   Grafström, Stefan ^a   Windisch, Reiner ^b   Moosburger, Jürgen ^b   Eng, Lukas M ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GOLD COATINGS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIPOLE PLASMON; EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INDEX MATERIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMON RESONANCES; QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79959276607     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000851     Document Type: Article

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