Light-Emitting Diodes (Hardcover, 2 Revised edition)

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 temperature; 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 qualities; 17. 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.