Soft holographic interference lithography microlens for enhanced organic light emitting diode light extraction

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A786-A792

  Park, Joong Mok ^a   Gan, Zhengqing ^a   Leung, Wai Y ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Ye, Zhuo ^a   Constant, Kristen ^a,b   Shinar, Joseph ^a   Shinar, Ruth ^b   Ho, Kai Ming ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ITO GLASS; LIGHT; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROLENSES; MICROOPTICS; PHOTORESISTS; PIXELS; SILICONES; TIN;

ARRAY DESIGN; BLUE OLEDS; GLASS SIDE; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LIGHT EXTRACTION; MICRO-LENS; PIXEL SIZE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; SQUARE MICROLENS ARRAY; UV CURABLE;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 79959905808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A786     Document Type: Article

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