Light extracting properties of buried photonic quasi-crystal slabs in InGaN/GaN LEDs

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 333-338

  Lewins, C J ^a   Allsopp, D W E ^a   Shields, P A ^a   Gao, X ^b   Humphreys, B ^b   Wang, W N ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b IQE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction; effective refractive index; light extraction; photonic crystal LEDs; photonic quasi crystals

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS METHOD; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; EWALD CONSTRUCTION; FAR FIELD DIFFRACTION PATTERN; LIGHT EXTRACTION; MODAL EXPANSION METHOD; PHOTONIC QUASICRYSTAL;

DIFFRACTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUASICRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84876089261     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2012.2233194     Document Type: Article

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