Broadband and omnidirectional light harvesting enhancement of fluorescent SiC

Opt Express. 2012 Mar 26;20(7):7575-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.007575.

Abstract

In the present work, antireflective sub-wavelength structures have been fabricated on fluorescent 6H-SiC to enhance the white light extraction efficiency by using the reactive-ion etching method. Broadband and omnidirectional antireflection characteristics show that 6H-SiC with antireflective sub-wavelength structures suppress the average surface reflection significantly from 20.5 % to 1.01 % over a wide spectral range of 390-784 nm. The luminescence intensity of the fluorescent 6H-SiC could be enhanced in the whole emission angle range. It maintains an enhancement larger than 91 % up to the incident angle of 70 degrees, while the largest enhancement of 115.4 % could be obtained at 16 degrees. The antireflective sub-wavelength structures on fluorescent 6H-SiC could also preserve the luminescence spectral profile at a large emission angle by eliminating the Fabry-Pérot microcavity interference effect.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Compounds, Inorganic / chemistry*
  • Luminescent Measurements / methods*
  • Materials Testing
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon Compounds / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*

Substances

  • Carbon Compounds, Inorganic
  • Silicon Compounds
  • silicon carbide