Surface-roughened light-emitting diodes: An accurate model

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 301-316

  David, Aurelien ^a  

^a Soraa Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

light extraction; Light emitting diodes (LEDs); scattering

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; III-NITRIDE LEDS; LED LIGHTS; LIGHT EXTRACTION; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES; SURFACE-ROUGHENING;

DIODES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84875723508     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2013.2240373     Document Type: Article

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