Performance Improvement of VLC System Using GaN-Based LEDs with Strain Relief Layers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1038-1041

  Lu, Huimin ^a   Yu, Tongjun ^b   Jia, Chuanyu ^b   Zhang, Yini ^a   Wang, Jianping ^a   Zhang, Guoyi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Efficiency droop; GaN based; light emitting diodes (LEDs); visible light communication (VLC)

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; ORGANOMETALLICS; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

BLUE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; EFFICIENCY DROOPS; GAN BASED; GAN BASED LED; LUMINESCENCE CHARACTERISTICS; METAL-ORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; TRANSMITTED SIGNAL; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC);

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84963829105     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2524623     Document Type: Article

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