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 High internal efficiency LED designs; 7 High extraction efficiency structures; 8 Visible-spectrum LEDs; 9 Spontaneous emission from resonant cavities; 10 Resonant cavity light-emitting diodes; 11 Human vision; 12 White-light LEDs; 13 Optical communication; 14 Communication LEDs; 15 LED modulation characteristics; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3
Summary
This graduate textbook covers all aspects of the technology and physics of infrared, visible-spectrum, and white-light-emitting diodes (LEDs) made from III-V semiconductors. It reviews elementary properties of LEDs such as the electrical and optical characteristics
