Light emitting device with improved internal out-coupling and method of providing the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a light emitting device with improved internal out-coupling by providing an intermediate layer () with a modulated surface. This is achieved by exposure of a flat glass surface () to a saturated etching fluid or by providing local changes in the chemical surface composition of the glass substrate or by depositing locally separated sub-μm particles. By removal of the etching fluid, either ultrafine particles () are deposited or defects are generated consisting of glass component areas of sub^m-size extension with a high sticking coefficient with respect to the species deposited later on from the gas phase. These ultrafine particles or defects induce locally different growth by different sticking coefficients, with preferential columnar cone shaped growth, leading to small bumps () on the top surface of the intermediate layer (), which are then over-coated with the layers () of the light emitting element and induce sufficient scattering by subsequent reflections.