Improved light outcoupling and mode analysis of top-emitting OLEDs on periodically corrugated substrates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8829, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schwab, Tobias ^a   Fuchs, Cornelius ^a   Scholz, Reinhard ^a   Li, Xuan Hua ^b   Xie, Fengxian ^b   Choy, Wallace ^b   Leo, Karl ^a   Gather, Malte C ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bragg scattering; Mode analysis; Periodic corrugation; Top emitting OLEDs

Indexed keywords

BRAGG SCATTERING; CORRUGATED SUBSTRATES; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; MICROCAVITY EFFECTS; MODE ANALYSIS; PERIODIC CORRUGATION; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; TOP-EMITTING OLEDS;

LIGHT EMISSION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84889062656     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2023222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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