• 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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    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
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