Simulation and measurement of multiplication in thin-film electroluminescent devices with doped probe layers

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 768-777

  Neyts, K ^a,b   Corlatan, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Displays; electroluminescence; multiplication; optical films; space charge; thin film devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT; MULTIPLICATION; PHOSPHOR LAYERS; POSITIVE CHARGES; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE VOLTAGE PULSE; THIN-FILM ELECTROLUMINESCENT; VOLTAGE PULSE;

DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 22244453883     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.662774     Document Type: Article

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