Light-Emitting Diodes (Hardcover)

by E. Fred Schubert (Author) "Starting early in the twentieth century, light emission from a solid-state material, caused by an electrical power source, has been reported: a phenomenon termed electroluminescence..." (more)
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'Light-Emitting Diodes is an excellent examination of the physics and technology of semiconductor LEDs. The narration is simple and direct, and the book is well referenced for those seeking a deeper understanding of the topic.' Physics Today

Product Description
Revised and fully up-dated, the second edition of this graduate textbook offers a comprehensive explanation of the technology and physics of LEDs such as infrared, visible-spectrum, ultraviolet, and white LEDs made from III-V semiconductors. Elementary properties such as electrical and optical characteristics are reviewed, followed by the analysis of advanced device structures. With nine additional chapters, the treatment of LEDs has been vastly expanded, including new material on device packaging, reflectors, UV LEDs, III-V nitride materials, solid-state sources for illumination applications, and junction temperature. Radiative and non-radiative recombination dynamics, methods for improving light extraction, high-efficiency and high-power device designs, white-light emitters with wavelength-converting phosphor materials, optical reflectors, and spontaneous recombination in resonant-cavity structures are discussed in detail. With exercises, solutions, and illustrative examples, this textbook will be of interest to scientists and engineers working on LEDs and graduate students in electrical engineering, applied physics, and materials science.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (June 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521865387
• ISBN-13: 978-0521865388
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,677 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good level for advanced undergraduate/1st-yr grad student, March 14, 2006

By	Steven J. Wojtczuk (Lexington, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Light-Emitting Diodes (Paperback)

Schubert (RPI) has written an excellent book on LEDs that manages to explain and derive simple quantitative models for many phenomena of current interest. He tackles issues such as resonant cavity LEDs, reliability/surface recombination issues, current spreading theory, etc. Many monographs are a compendium of results in the field with hundreds of references to papers, which are briefly discussed, and are written by several authors. In contrast, Schubert, while giving copious references, is the sole author, leading to a coherent presentation well suited to learning. There are plentiful and good figures and drawings, as well as many exercises and solutions integrated into the text. There are no back of chapter problems, but this is not really a text for lower level undergraduates.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars for PHD only, September 19, 2005

By	H. Chow "joeox" (ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Light-Emitting Diodes (Paperback)

This book is for master , PHD or higher. Lots of graduate school physics, math. Researcher, scientest engineering grad. school student may find it useful for studying light emmiting semiconductor material. I was a electrical engineer myself. I am tring to find practical applications of LED and LED products design technics find this book not very useful.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for LED Device info, Short on Process Technology, March 15, 2006

By	Surya (Edina, MN, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Light-Emitting Diodes (Paperback)

It is a great book for pople interested in the LED device. It is disappointing in people interested in the processing to make the device. I hope Prof. Schubert will add that dimension in his next book on this topic.