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A Brief Review of III-Nitride UV Emitter Technologies and Their Applications

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III-Nitride Ultraviolet Emitters

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science ((SSMATERIALS,volume 227))

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This chapter provides a brief introduction to group III-nitride ultraviolet light emitting diode (LED) technologies and an overview of a number of key application areas for UV-LEDs. It covers the state of the art of UV-LEDs as well a survey of novel approaches for the development of high performance UV light emitters.

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Acknowledgment

This review would not have been possible without the commitment of numerous Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, colleagues, and collaborators over many years resulting in a large number of joint publications, many of which are also referenced in this book chapter. Without emphasizing anyone in particular I would like to thank all of these individuals for their contributions. I also like to acknowledge the financial support by a number of funding agencies, starting with the DARPA “SUVOS” program that ran in the United States between 2002 and 2006. Since my return to Germany I gratefully acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Collaborative Research Center “Semiconductor Nanophotonics” (CRC 787) as well as funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) of Germany within the “Deep UV-LED” and “UltraSens” projects, the regional growth core “WideBaSe”, and the consortium “Advanced UV for Life” within the “Twenty20 – Partnership for Innovation” initiative. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family, in particular my wife Rebecca, for her encouragement, continued support, and patience.

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Kneissl, M. (2016). A Brief Review of III-Nitride UV Emitter Technologies and Their Applications. In: Kneissl, M., Rass, J. (eds) III-Nitride Ultraviolet Emitters. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 227. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24100-5_1

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