Pulsed laser deposition of ITO/AZO transparent contact layers for GaN LED applications

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 16244-16251

  Ou, Sin Liang ^a   Wuu, Dong Sing ^a,c   Liu, Shu Ping ^a   Fu, Yu Chuan ^a   Huang, Shih Cheng ^a   Horng, Ray Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FABRICATION; GALLIUM NITRIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); OXIDE FILMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

AT-WAVELENGTH; AZO FILMS; BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; CONTACT LAYERS; E BEAM EVAPORATION; FORWARD BIAS; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INJECTION CURRENTS; LIGHT EXTRACTION; OUTPUT POWER; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRA;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 80051756431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.016244     Document Type: Article

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