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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 5, 750(2020)

Low-efficiency-droop InGaN quantum dot light-emitting diodes operating in the “green gap”

Chunyu Zhao^1,2, Chak Wah Tang¹, Billy Lai¹, Guanghui Cheng², Jiannong Wang², and Kei May Lau^1、*

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¹Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

²Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

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Category: Optoelectronics

Received: Oct. 11, 2019

Accepted: Feb. 22, 2020

Published Online: Apr. 26, 2020

The Author Email: Kei May Lau (eeekmlau@ust.hk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.380158

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