Improvement in outcoupling efficiency and image blur of organic light-emitting diodes by using imprinted microlens arrays

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 377-381

  Kim, Jin Yeong ^a   Choi, Kyung Cheol ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Image blur; microlens arrays; OLED; outcoupling

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GREEN OLED; IMAGE BLUR; IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; LARGE VIEWING ANGLE; LOW COST FABRICATION; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; OLED; OUT-COUPLING EFFICIENCY; OUTCOUPLING; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL CHANGE;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PHOTORESISTS; SILICONES; SPECTROSCOPY;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 79958846381     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2011.2121053     Document Type: Article

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