Fabrication and Characterization of a GaN Light-emitting Diode (LED) with a Centered Island Cathode |
Park, Yun Soo
(School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Hwan Gi (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) Yang, Chung-Mo (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) Kim, Dong-Seok (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) Bae, Jin-Hyuk (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) Cho, Seongjae (Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University) Lee, Jung-Hee (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) Kang, In Man (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) |
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