Partitioning pixel of organic light-emitting devices with center-hollowed microlens-array films for efficiency enhancement

Opt Express. 2010 Aug 30;18(18):18685-90. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.018685.

Abstract

A pixel partition scheme assisted with patterned or center-hollowed microlens-array films (MAFs) was proposed to improve the optical characteristics and electrical properties of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In our optical simulation results, a pixel of 1 × 1 mm(2) with a center-hollowed MAF has a 42% luminance enhancement; however, after dividing the large pixel into ten by ten smaller pixels of 100 × 100 μm(2), the partitioned units with a corresponding center-hollowed MAF can have a 104% luminance enhancement under the same total active area and the same optical power of organic emitters. Furthermore, a significant 127% luminance enhancement by the introduction of a high-refractive-index substrate can be obtained.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Equipment Design
  • Fluorescence
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Lenses
  • Light
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Refractometry