Orientation of emissive dipoles in OLEDs: Quantitative in situ analysis

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1039-1046

  Flámmich, Michael ^a   Gather, Malte C ^b   Danz, Norbert ^a   Michaelis, Dirk ^a   Bráuer, Andreas H ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dipole emitter orientation; In situ characterization; Optical simulation; Organic light emitting diode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIPOLE ORIENTATION; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); PERPENDICULAR DIPOLES; REVERSE SIMULATION;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 77953840569     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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