We report on the properties of green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a photonic crystal (PC) structure on p-GaN. A PC structure was fabricated by the selective area epitaxy of p-GaN using SiO2 nanopillars. The electrical characteristics of LEDs with PC were not degraded and the optical output power of green LEDs with PC was increased by 70% at 20 mA of injection current compared with that of conventional LEDs without PC. This enhancement of optical output power was attributed to the improvement in light extraction efficiency by the SiO2/p-GaN PC layer on p-GaN.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:96
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Issue:
18
)
Date of Publication:
May 2010
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181110
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181110-3
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.3427352
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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13 May 2010
- Issue Date :
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May 2010