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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 1, 30(2018)

Enhanced light emission from AlGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells using the localized surface plasmon effect by aluminum nanoring patterns

Kyung Rock Son¹, Byeong Ryong Lee¹, Min Ho Jang², Hyun Chul Park², Yong Hoon Cho², and Tae Geun Kim^1、*

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¹School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Anam-ro 145, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea

²Department of Physics and KI for the NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea

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Paper Information

Category: Surface Plasmons

Received: Sep. 12, 2017

Accepted: Nov. 11, 2017

Published Online: Jul. 19, 2018

The Author Email: Tae Geun Kim (tgkim1@korea.ac.kr)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000030

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