Light-emitting diodes / E. Fred Schubert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schubert, E. Fred, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Light emitting diodes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 422 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revised and fully updated, the second edition of this graduate textbook offers a comprehensive explanation of the technology and physics of LEDs such as infrared, visible-spectrum, ultraviolet, and white LEDs made from III-V semiconductors. Elementary properties such as electrical and optical characteristics are reviewed, followed by the analysis of advanced device structures. With nine additional chapters, the treatment of LEDs has been vastly expanded, including new material on device packaging, reflectors, UV LEDs, III-V nitride materials, solid-state sources for illumination applications, and junction temperature. Radiative and non-radiative recombination dynamics, methods for improving light extraction, high-efficiency and high-power device designs, white-light emitters with wavelength-converting phosphor materials, optical reflectors, and spontaneous recombination in resonant-cavity structures are discussed in detail. With exercises, solutions, and illustrative examples, this textbook will be of interest to scientists and engineers working on LEDs and graduate students in electrical engineering, applied physics, and materials science.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 History of light-emitting diodes; 2 Radiative and non-radiative recombination; 3 Theory of radiative recombination; 4 LED basics: Electrical properties; 5 LED basics: Optical properties; 6 Junction and carrier temperatures; 7 High internal efficiency designs; 8 Design of current flow; 9 High extraction efficiency structures; 10 Reflectors; 11 Packaging; 12 Visible-spectrum LEDs; 13 The AlGaInN material system and ultraviolet emitters; 14 Spontaneous emission from resonant cavities; 15 Resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes

16 Human eye sensitivity and photometric quantities17 Colorimetry; 18 Planckian sources and color temperature; 19 Color mixing and color rendering; 20 White-light sources based on LEDs; 21 White-light sources based on wavelength converters; 22 Optical communication; 23 Communication LEDs; 24 LED modulation characteristics; References; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16986-0

1-282-46685-2

9786612466854

0-511-79054-6

0-511-34353-1

0-511-64448-5

0-511-64829-4

0-511-34437-6

0-511-57332-4

0-511-34394-9

0-511-34476-7

OCLC:

190966305