GaN-Based LEDs with a chirped multiquantum barrier structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1600-1602

  Lin, Yu Yao ^a   Chuang, Ricky W ^a   Chang, Shoou Jinn ^a   Li, Shuguang ^b   Jiao, Zhi Yong ^b   Ko, Tsun Kai ^c   Hon, S J ^c   Liu, C H ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c EPISTAR CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^d NAN JEON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chirped multiquantum barrier (CMQB); droop; GaN; light emitting diodes (LEDs)

Indexed keywords

ALGAN; BLUE LIGHT-EMITTING; DROOP; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; FORWARD BIAS; GAN; GAN BASED LED; INJECTION CURRENTS; MULTI-QUANTUM BARRIERS; OUTPUT POWER;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84865786107     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2210541     Document Type: Article

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