High refractive index package material and a light emitting device encapsulated with such material

Abstract

A high refractive index package material is described that encapsulates a semiconductor light emitting chip. The high refractive index package material is transparent to the light emitted from the chip and includes a host material and a plurality of nanoparticles held in the host material. The host material has a refractive index lower than that of the chip and is transparent to the light emitted from the chip. The nanoparticles are (1) formed from a material having a refractive index higher than that of the host material, (2) substantially smaller in size than the wavelength of the light emitted from the chip, (3) included in the host material at such a density that the effective refractive index of the high refractive index package material is higher than that of the host material without decreasing the transparency of the high refractive index package material.

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