Light extraction efficiency of GaN-based LED with pyramid texture by using ray path analysis

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 105, 2012, Pages A630-A640

  Pan, Jui Wen ^a,b   Wang, Chia Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GALLIUM NITRIDE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAPPHIRE; TEXTURES;

GAN BASED LED; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; PHOTON FLUX; RAY PATHS; TOP SURFACE;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84866264697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A630     Document Type: Article

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