Light emitting diodes - How it started

Hermann G. Grimmeiss; John W. Allen

doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2005.11.141

Light emitting diodes - How it started

Hermann G. Grimmeiss, John W. Allen

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Abstract

The physical phenomenon of what is now called p-n-luminescence has been known for more than 100 years. However, the effect as such was not understood until 1951 after the invention of the p-n-junction in 1947. The paper presents a brief survey of the development of LEDs in the visible region up to the early 1960s by not only focusing on the history of LEDs but also taking into account material science aspects. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	871-880
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume	352
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2005.11.141
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2006

Keywords

III-V semiconductors
P-N JUNCTIONS
GALLIUM-PHOSPHIDE
DOPED GAP
ELECTROLUMINESCENCE
TRANSITIONS
CRYSTALS
RECOMBINATION
EFFICIENCY
RADIATION

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Light emitting diodes - How it started

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