Simulation based optimization of light-outcoupling in organic light-emitting diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7415, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nowy, Stefan ^a   Frischeisen, Jörg ^a   Brütting, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Device optimization; Dipole orientation; Light extraction; Organic light emitting diodes; Quantum efficiency; Transparent OLED

Indexed keywords

DEVICE OPTIMIZATION; DIPOLE ORIENTATION; EMISSION ZONE; EMITTER MATERIALS; FRACTION OF LIGHT; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EXTRACTION; LIGHT OUTCOUPLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORESCENT EMITTERS; SIMULATION-BASED OPTIMIZATIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSPARENT OLED; TRIPLET EXCITONS;

DIODES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PLASMONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77955701144     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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