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7 - Light Emitting Diodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2022

Mauro Nisoli
Mauro Nisoli
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Politecnico di Milano
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Light emitting diodes (LEDs): photon flux, injection efficiency, internal quantum efficiency. Double-heterostructure LEDs. Burstein-Moss shift. Carrier overflow. Carrier leakage over the barrier. External efficiency of a LED: transmission efficiency and external quantum efficiency. Output power, responsivity, and wall-plug efficiency. Emission pattern of LEDs. Luminous efficiency. Blue LEDs.

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Light-emitting diodesDouble heterostructureInternal and external efficiencyLuminous efficiencyBlue LEDs
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Semiconductor Laser Photonics , pp. 188 - 210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Light Emitting Diodes
  • Mauro Nisoli, Politecnico di Milano
  • Book: Semiconductor Laser Photonics
  • Online publication: 10 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106153.008
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  • Light Emitting Diodes
  • Mauro Nisoli, Politecnico di Milano
  • Book: Semiconductor Laser Photonics
  • Online publication: 10 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106153.008
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  • Light Emitting Diodes
  • Mauro Nisoli, Politecnico di Milano
  • Book: Semiconductor Laser Photonics
  • Online publication: 10 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106153.008
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