Extracting optical modes of organic lightemitting diodes using quasi-periodic WO3 nanoislands

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5424-5431

  Kim, Jin Yeong ^a   Choi, Chung Sock ^a   Kim, Woo Hyun ^a   Kim, Dong Young ^a   Kim, Do Hong ^a   Choi, Kyung Cheol ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

COLOR COORDINATES; COST-EFFECTIVE FABRICATION; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; OBSERVATION ANGLE; POWER EFFICIENCY; SURFACE PLASMON MODES;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84875124508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.005424     Document Type: Article

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