GaN-based light-emitting diodes integrated with zinc oxide photonic crystals

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3364-3370

  Orita, Kenji ^a   Hamada, Takahiro ^a   Itou, Akihiro ^a   Suzuki, Nobuyasu ^a   Nagao, Nobuaki ^a   Tsujimura, Ayumu ^a  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallium nitride; light emitting diodes (LEDs); photonic crystals (PhCs); zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

DIODES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ZINC OXIDE;

2-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; BLUE LIGHT-EMITTING; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DIFFRACTING GRATINGS; GAN-BASED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LIGHT OUTPUT; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SELECTIVE GROWTH; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO; ZNO ROD;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84870302950     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2012.2220366     Document Type: Article

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