Abstract
Light extraction efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on various photonic crystal (PhC) structures is investigated in this study. By using the plane wave method and the finite element method, the influence of several factors on the enhancement of light extraction is discussed, including lattice type, the density of states from a photonic band diagram, the ratio of cylinder radius and lattice constant, and the thickness of a PHC pattern. Some rules are given for the practical implementation of an optimized PhC-based LED with higher light extraction efficiency. In the simulation results, the maximum enhancement of the extraction efficiency could be by a factor of approximately 2.8 for the optimized Archimedean tiling pattern in the LED device emitting at the center wavelength of 530 nm. However, with the use of optimized PhC structures, the square and triangular lattices reveal enhancements of ∼ 1.7 and ∼ 1.5, respectively. The extraction efficiency of the Archimedean PhC LED is much greater than that of the regular lattice PhC LED.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 265-279 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Progress In Electromagnetics Research B |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering