Device-dependent angular luminance enhancement and optical responses of organic light-emitting devices with a microlens-array film

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angular luminance enhancement; Devic e dependent enhancement; Emitter apod ization; Microlenses; Organic light emitting devices

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR LUMINANCE; ANGULAR RADIATION; APODIZATIONS; ARRAY FILM; BLUE SHIFT; DEVIC E-DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT; EL SPECTRUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; EMITTER APOD IZATION; LUMINOUS INTENSITY; MICRO-LENS; MODE ANALYSIS; OFF-AXIS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; ORGANIC EMITTERS; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; PL SPECTRA; SIMULATION RESULT; SPECTRAL PEAK; VIEWING ANGLE;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROLENSES;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 78651318348     PISSN: 10710922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1889/JSID19.1.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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