Fabrication of GaN Nano-Pillar Arrays with Tunable Duty Ratio and Study on Its Photoluminescence Efficiency

Chen Zhanxu; Wan Wei; Chen Gengyan; He Yingji; Chen Yongzhu

doi:10.3788/lop53.072201

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