Antireflective sub-wavelength structures for improvement of the extraction efficiency and color rendering index of monolithic white light-emitting diode

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 102, 2011, Pages A166-A172

  Ou, Yiyu ^a   Dan Corell, Dennis ^a   Dam Hansen, Carsten ^a   Michael Petersen, Paul ^a   Ou, Haiyan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION;

ANTIREFLECTIVE; COLOR RENDERING INDEX; CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; MOTH-EYE STRUCTURE; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; VISIBLE LIGHT; WHITE LED; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84858744736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A166     Document Type: Article

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