Feng Z.C. (Ed.) Handbook of Solid-State Lighting and LEDs

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 2017. — 716 p. — (Series in Optics and Optoelectronics) — ISBN13: 978-1-4987-4141-5.This handbook addresses the development of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly solid-state light sources, in particular semiconductor light emitting diodes (LEDs) and other solid-state lighting devices. It reflects the vast growth of this field and impacts in diverse industries, from lighting to communications, biotechnology, imaging, and medicine. The chapters include coverage of nanoscale processing, fabrication of LEDs, light diodes, photodetectors and nanodevices, characterization techniques, application, and recent advances. Readers will obtain an understanding of the key properties of solid-state lighting and LED devices, an overview of current technologies, and appreciation for the challenges remaining. The handbook will be useful to material growers and evaluators, device design and processing engineers, newcomers, students, and professionals in the field.Overview
From the Dawn of GaN-Based Light-Emitting Devices to the Present Day
Spectrum-Related Quality of White Light Sources
Nanofabrication of III-Nitride Emitters for Solid-State Lighting
III-Nitride Deep-Ultraviolet Materials and Applications
GaN-Based LEDs for Lighting
Efficiency Droop of Nitride-Based Light-Emitting Diodes
Design and Fabrication of Patterned Sapphire Substrates for GaN-Based Light-Emitting Diodes
Surface Plasmon–Coupled Light-Emitting Diodes
Deep Level Traps in GaN Epilayer and LED
Photoluminescence Dynamics in InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well Light-Emitting Diodes
Deep Ultraviolet LEDs and Related Technologies
Technological Developments of UV LEDs
Influence of Carrier Localization on Efficiency Droop and Stimulated Emission in AlGaN Quantum Wells
Solar-Blind AlGaN Devices
Laser Diodes
Laser Diode–Driven White Light Sources
InGaN Laser Diodes by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
GaN-Based Blue and Green Laser Diodes
Nano and Other Types of LEDs
Photonic Crystal Light-Emitting Diodes by Nanosphere Lithography
ZnO-Based LEDs.
Natural Light-Style Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Novel Technologies and Developments
III-Nitride Semiconductor LEDs Grown on Silicon and Stress Control of GaN Epitaxial Layers
Hole Accelerator for III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes
Metalorganic Chemical Vapour Deposition (MOCVD) Growth of GaN on Foundry Compatible 200 mm Si
Terahertz Spectroscopy Study of III–V Nitrides
Internal Luminescence Mechanisms of III-Nitride LEDs
Fabrication of Thin-Film Nitride-Based Light-Emitting Diodes