Emitter apodization dependent angular luminance enhancement of microlens-array film attached organic light-emitting devices

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3238-3243

  Chen, Kuan Yu ^a   Chang, Yung Ting ^a   Ho, Yu Hsuan ^a   Lin, Hoang Yan ^a   Lee, Jiun Haw ^a   Wei, Mao Kuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; LIGHT EMISSION; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

ANGULAR LUMINANCE; APODIZATIONS; ARRAY FILM; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; LUMINOUS INTENSITY; MICRO-LENS; MODE ANALYSIS; OFF-AXIS; OLED (ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE); ORGANIC EMITTERS; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION RESULT;

MICROLENSES;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MINIATURIZATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 77149165081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003238     Document Type: Article

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