• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, 184 (2015)
Peifen Zhu1、2、* and Nelson Tansu1
Author Affiliations
  • 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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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000184 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Peifen Zhu, Nelson Tansu. Effect of packing density and packing geometry on light extraction of III-nitride light-emitting diodes with microsphere arrays[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 184 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The finite-difference time-domain method was employed to calculate light extraction efficiency of thin-film flip-chip InGaN/GaN quantum well light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with TiO2 microsphere arrays. The extraction efficiency for LEDs with microsphere arrays was investigated by focusing on the effect of the packing density, packing configuration, and diameter-to-period ratio. The comparison studies revealed the importance of having a hexagonal and close-packed monolayer microsphere array configuration for achieving optimum extraction efficiency, which translated into a 3.6-fold enhancement in light extraction compared to that for a planar LED. This improvement is attributed to the reduced Fresnel reflection and enlarged light escape cone. The engineering of the far-field radiation patterns was also demonstrated by tuning the packing density and packing configuration of the microsphere arrays.
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    Peifen Zhu, Nelson Tansu. Effect of packing density and packing geometry on light extraction of III-nitride light-emitting diodes with microsphere arrays[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 184
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