Light-emitting diodes

Revised and fully updated, the second edition of this graduate textbook offers a comprehensive explanation of the technology and physics of LEDs such as infrared, visible-spectrum, ultraviolet, and white LEDs made from III-V semiconductors. Elementary properties such as electrical and optical charac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Schubert, E. Fred
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780511343940
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Physical Description1 online resource (x, 422 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • History of light-emitting diodes
  • Radiative and non-radiative recombination
  • Theory of radiative recombination
  • LED basics : electrical properties
  • LED basics : optical properties
  • Junction and carrier temperatures
  • High internal efficiency designs
  • Design of current flow
  • High extraction efficiency structures
  • Reflectors
  • Packaging
  • Visible-spectrum LEDs
  • The AIGaInN material system and ultraviolet emitters
  • Spontaneous emission from resonant cavities
  • Resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes
  • Human eye sensitivity and photometric qualities
  • Colorimetry
  • Planckian sources and color temperature
  • Color mixing and color rendering
  • White-light sources based on LEDs
  • White-light sources based on wavelength converters
  • Optical communication
  • Communication LEDs
  • LED modulation characteristics.