Interactions of diffraction modes contributed from surface photonic crystals and nanoholes in a GaN-based light-emitting diode

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3772-3776

  Wang, Szu Chieh ^a   Cheng, Yun Wei ^b   Yin, Yu Feng ^b   Chen, Liang Yi ^b   Su, Liang Yu ^b   Hung, Yen Jen ^c   Huang, Jian Jang ^b  

^a Novatek Corporation   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Neo Solar Power Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Light emitting diode (LED); Nanohole arrays; Photonic crystals (PhCs)

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SPECTRA; DIFFRACTION MODES; GAN BASED LED; GAN-BASED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; IN-PLANE; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; LED STRUCTURE; LIGHT DIFFRACTION; LIGHT EXTRACTION; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; NANOHOLES; OPTICAL WAVES; OUTPUT POWER; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; SURFACE NORMALS; WEAK COUPLINGS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 83655164782     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2174412     Document Type: Article

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