• DocumentCode
    2877081
  • Title

    Electroluminescence refrigeration in semiconductors

  • Author

    Yu, S.Q. ; Ding, D. ; Wang, J.-B. ; Johnson, S.R. ; Zhang, Y.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An InGaAs light emitting diode monolithically integrated with a suspended lens is proposed as a prototype semiconductor electroluminescence refrigeration device. Simulations predict that a temperature drop up to 6degC is achievable in this device.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; electroluminescent devices; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser cooling; lenses; light emitting diodes; refrigerators; thermoelectric devices; InGaAs; light emitting diode; monolithic integration; semiconductor electroluminescence refrigeration device; suspended lens; temperature drop; thermoelectric process; Cooling; Electroluminescence; Gallium arsenide; Heating; Lenses; Light emitting diodes; Radiative recombination; Refrigeration; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; (220.4000) Microstructure fabrication; (230.3670) Light-emitting diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628594
  • Filename
    4628594