Light-Emitting Diodes 2nd Edition

This book provides the details on LED physics that I sought. It describes how key parts of the LED structure contribute to overall performance, and how LED's have been improved over the years. It is well written. I do not intend to use most of the equations included in this book, still I found it relatively easy to understand. I am already familiar with many of the silicon based technologies having worked on manufacturing processes and tools for IC's, TFT's, and solar cells (PV). This book was recommended to me by a technologist working on LED's. I recommend this book to the serious technologist who's trying to understand how to improve LED's and their use.

A really good book for anyone working with LEDs. Has the basic solid state physics, electrical and optical information you might need especially for the design engineer. Will not be that helpful if you are trying to design a LED luminaire. More helpful for scientific and instrumentation applications and for creating LED modeling or equations. I regret not purchasing it sooner.

In its Second Edition - this book is much improved and far more up-to-date, with plenty of practical advice as well theory/design. But still no discussion of band-structure in any detail - which I feel is a weakness of this text. Some valuable material on Nitrides is now included. Overall - this is now arguably the best LED book in the market-place at this time.

Solid book all around. Only reason for not giving 5 stars is the pictures are all black and white, which seems ridiculous especially when showing color mixing diagrams etc..

Great book that covers both the fundamental physics of LEDs, as well as gives the reader just the right amount of insight into their origin. The topics covered are very broad and in my mind a must own for people who are trying to enter the LED industry.

It is a good book about Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). It provides very good info and it is a good reference for engineers who work in LED field.

I think, the book contains all the basic information about the LEDs. It contains very helpful information regarding to the structure of LEDs, their design, the optimization of the LED performance, colorimetry, etc.I think the only negative point related to this book is that sometimes the variables/parameters in the equations are not given clearly. Therefore reader should look at the previous pages to understand these parameters/variables.

I just bought one of these through Amazon and it turned out to be the 1st (2003) edition instead of the 2nd (2006). The Amazon ordering system doesn't seem to distinguish between them so make sure you get the right one. There are substantial differences!

This is a very good textbook, particularly for advanced undergraduate or PhD level. I think it's fair that it doesn't go into any topic in as much detail as you might find in a textbook dedicated to that topic, but that being said it covers many subjects, including discussions of electrical and optical charactersics of LEDs, photometry, LED packaging and thermal management. As such, it's a very handy general reference, which has enough references to allow readers to look up papers where they can find more detailed information.As some other reviewers mentioned, there are some topics that are not really covered in any detail, such as the growth and processing of LED wafers, or the subject of "efficiency droop" in AlInGaN LEDs, so there is room for improvement in future editions.Overall, I found it a handy reference that covered most of the basics, and it was very helpful to have during my PhD studies.

Ouvrage de référence sur la physique des LED (très complet, de la physique des semiconducteurs, en passant par l'optique et la colorimétrie).Plutot destiné à un public d'étudiants et de chercheurs que d'utilisateur des LEDs.Très pédagique (à l'américaine).