Investigation of the temperature dependent efficiency droop in UV LEDs

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Ploch, N Lobo ^a   Einfeldt, S ^b   Frentrup, M ^a   Rass, J ^a   Wernicke, T ^a   Knauer, A ^b   Kueller, V ^b   Weyers, M ^b   Kneissl, M ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE; SHOCKLEY-READ-HALL RECOMBINATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE;

CURRENT DENSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84888582145     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/28/12/125021     Document Type: Article

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