Surface plasmon coupling with radiating dipole for enhancing the emission efficiency of a light-emitting diode

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A914-A929

  Kuo, Yang ^a   Ting, Shao Ying ^a   Liao, Che Hao ^a   Huang, Jeng Jie ^a   Chen, Chih Yen ^a   Hsieh, Chieh ^a   Lu, Yen Cheng ^a   Chen, Cheng Yen ^a   Shen, Kun Ching ^a   Lu, Chih Feng ^a   Yeh, Dong Ming ^a   Wang, Jyh Yang ^a   Chuang, Wen Hung ^a   Kiang, Yean Woei ^a   Yang, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PLASMONS; SILVER;

AG NANOPARTICLE; COUPLING MODELS; COUPLING SYSTEMS; DIPOLE STRENGTHS; EMISSION EFFICIENCIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; HIGH CURRENTS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RADIATING DIPOLE; SURFACE PLASMON COUPLING; SURFACE PLASMONS; TOTAL RADIATED POWER; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 79959911368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A914     Document Type: Article

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