Improving the viewing angle properties of microcavity OLEDs by using dispersive gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13288-13294

  Choy, Wallace C H ^a   Ho, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROCAVITIES; MIRRORS;

DISPERSIVE INDEX; VIEWING ANGLE DEPENDENCE; VIEWING ANGLE PROPERTIES;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 35148837514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013288     Document Type: Article

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