Comprehensive numeric study of gallium nitride light-emitting diodes adopting surface-plasmon-mediated light emission technique

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 942-951

  Lin, Yi Zhu ^a   Li, Kang ^a   Kong, Fan Min ^a   Zhao, Jia ^a   Du, Liu Ge ^a   Gao, Hui ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dispersion relation; finite difference time domain (FDTD); LEDs; semiconductor numeric simulation; spontaneous emission; surface plasmon (SP)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION RELATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; LEDS; NUMERIC SIMULATION; SURFACE PLASMON (SP);

ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; METALLIC FILMS; NANOWIRES; PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SILVER; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 80051705870     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2088112     Document Type: Article

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