Multifunctional light escaping architecture inspired by compound eye surface structures: From understanding to experimental demonstration

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 102, 2011, Pages A157-A165

  Min Song, Young ^a   Cheol Park, Gyeong ^a   Jun Jang, Sung ^a   Hoon Ha, Jong ^a   Su Yu, Jae ^b   Tak Lee, Yong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; GALLIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUND EYE; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; GALLIUM; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ALGAINP; ANTIREFLECTIVE; BIO-INSPIRED; COMPOUND EYE; FABRICATION PROCESS; GEOMETRICAL OPTIMIZATION; LIGHT EMITTING MATERIALS; LIGHT OUTPUT POWER; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PATTERNED MICROSTRUCTURES; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79959784601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A157     Document Type: Article

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