Surface-plasmon-enhanced GaN-LED based on a multilayered M-shaped nano-grating

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 13492-13501

  Zhang, Haosu ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Zhu, Zhendong ^a   Jin, Yuanhao ^a   Li, Qunqing ^a   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY;

EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; HIGH TRANSMISSION; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; NITRIDE-BASED LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; SURFACE-PLASMON; VISIBLE REGION;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84878888566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.013492     Document Type: Article

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