Improved electroluminescence from silicon nitride light emitting devices by localized surface plasmons

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 872-877

  Li, Dongsheng ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Ren, Changrui ^a   Yang, Deren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED ELECTROLUMINESCENCES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INJECTION CURRENTS; LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; RADIATIVE EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY; EXTRACTION; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PLASMONS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84866548288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000872     Document Type: Article

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