Top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 106, 2011, Pages A1250-A1264

  Hofmann, Simone ^a   Thomschke, Michael ^a   Lüssem, Bjorn ^a   Leo, Karl ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION;

DISPLAY APPLICATION; LOSS MECHANISMS; MICROCAVITY STRUCTURES; OPTICAL EFFECTS; TOP-EMITTING; TOP-EMITTING OLEDS;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 80755167823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.0A1250     Document Type: Article

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