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Photonics Research, Volume. 3, Issue 4, 184(2015)

Effect of packing density and packing geometry on light extraction of III-nitride light-emitting diodes with microsphere arrays

Peifen Zhu1,2、* and Nelson Tansu1
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  • 1Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lehigh University,Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA
  • 22Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa,Oklahoma 74104, USA
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    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Feb. 27, 2015

    Accepted: May. 23, 2015

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2016

    The Author Email: Peifen Zhu (pez311@lehigh.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.3.000184

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