Light extraction and optical loss mechanisms in organic light-emitting diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6999, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nowy, Stefan ^a   Reinke, Nils A ^a,b   Frischeisen, Jörg ^a   Brütting, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angular emission spectrum; Dipole model; Light extraction; Organic light emitting diode

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EXTRACTION; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT METALS; MECHANISMS; METALLIZING; OPTICAL LOSSES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BOTTOM-EMITTING; FRACTION OF LIGHT; GREEN EMITTER; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (IQE); LAYER THICKNESSES; LIGHT EXTRACTIONS; LIGHT OUTPUT; LOSS MECHANISMS; METALLIC ELECTRODES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLEDS); ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONICS; PHOSPHORESCENT EMITTERS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS (SPPS); TRIPLET EXCITONS; TRIS (8 HYDROXYQUINOLINE)ALUMINUM; WAVE-GUIDING;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 45749114202     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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