Large Enhancement of Extraction Efficiency in Thin-Film Photonic Crystal InGaN Light-Emitting Diode Structures

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (6(1)) ◽  
pp. 2642-2645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Youl Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Extraction Efficiency ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Large Enhancement

Enhanced Emission from a Light-Emitting Diode Modified by a Photonic Crystal

2000 ◽  
Vol 637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei A. Erchak ◽  
Daniel J. Ripin ◽  
Shanhui Fan ◽  
John D. Joannopoulos ◽  
Erich P. Ippen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Planar Waveguide ◽  
Optical Pumping ◽  
Extraction Efficiency ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Active Material ◽  
Light Output ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Spectrally Resolved

AbstractEnhanced light output is observed from a light-emitting diode (LED) structure containing a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal. The capture of emitted light into planar waveguide modes reduces the extraction efficiency of LEDs. Here, 2D photonic crystals are utilized to: 1) enhance the extraction of light in the vertical direction from an LED and 2) enhance optical pumping by directly coupling light from a pump laser into the LED structure. Spatially and spectrally-resolved photoluminescence (PL) is used to characterize the enhancements. A 100-fold enhancement in extraction for a single wavelength into the vertical direction is obtained without the photonic crystal penetrating the active material.

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