Enhanced out-coupling factor of microcavity organic light-emitting devices with irregular microlens array

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 6564-6571

  Lim, Jongsun ^a   Oh, Seung Seok ^b   Kim, Doo Youp ^b   Cho, Sang Hee ^b   Kim, In Tae ^b   Han, S H ^c   Takezoe, Hideo ^d   Choi, Eun Ha ^b   Cho, Guang Sup ^b   Seo, Yoon Ho ^b   Kang, Seung Oun ^b   Park, Byoungchoo ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; MICROLENSES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ENHANCED OUT-COUPLING FACTOR; MICROCAVITY ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; MICROLENS ARRAYS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33745808016     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006564     Document Type: Article

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