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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 15 — Jul. 16, 2012
  • pp: 17230–17236

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Design of out-coupling structures with metal-dielectric surface relief

Sun-Kyung Kim, Ho-Seok Ee, Kyung-Deok Song, and Hong-Gyu Park  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 15, pp. 17230-17236 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.017230


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Abstract

We propose an unconventional out-coupling structure consisting of two-dimensional periodic metal-dielectric patterns. Numerical simulations show that low orders of guided modes are extracted efficiently by the metal-dielectric pattern with a pitch size of ~(λ/n) and pattern depth of <100 nm. Vertical GaN light-emitting diodes with optimized metal-ITO patterns exhibited extraction efficiencies enhanced by factors of 6.6 and 2.6 for perfect conductor and silver metals, respectively, as compared to a non-patterned structure. The plasmonic absorption loss from the corrugated silver mirror accounts for the relatively smaller enhancement in extraction efficiency with the silver-ITO pattern. Furthermore, a double-sided out-coupling structure consisting of an upper GaN-air pattern and a bottom perfect conductor-ITO pattern exhibited a 40% enhancement in extraction efficiency as compared to the structure with single GaN-air pattern. We believe that deep understandings of the interaction between light and metal-dielectric patterns will lead to improved device performances in various optoelectronic applications including high-efficiency light-emitting diodes.

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OCIS Codes
(050.0050) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction and gratings
(230.3670) Optical devices : Light-emitting diodes
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons

ToC Category:
Diffraction and Gratings

History
Original Manuscript: May 14, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 24, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 10, 2012
Published: July 13, 2012

Citation
Sun-Kyung Kim, Ho-Seok Ee, Kyung-Deok Song, and Hong-Gyu Park, "Design of out-coupling structures with metal-dielectric surface relief," Opt. Express 20, 17230-17236 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-15-17230


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