Design of microcavity organic light emitting diodes with optimized electrical and optical performance

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2282-2289

  Lu, Albert W ^a   Rakic, Aleksandar D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DESIGN; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MICROCAVITIES; MIRRORS; NAPHTHALENE; PHASE SHIFT; SILVER;

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; SPECTRAL REFLECTIVITY; TRIS(8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE);

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 65349161651     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002282     Document Type: Article

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