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

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2011-07-04
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Park, Joong Mok
Gan, Zhengqing
Leung, Wai
Liu, Rui
Ye, Zhuo
Constant, Kristen
Shinar, Joseph
Shinar, Ruth
Ho, Kai-Ming
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Very uniform 2 μm-pitch square microlens arrays (μLAs), embossed on the blank glass side of an indium-tin-oxide (ITO)-coated 1.1 mm-thick glass, are used to enhance light extraction from organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) by ~100%, significantly higher than enhancements reported previously. The array design and size relative to the OLED pixel size appear to be responsible for this enhancement. The arrays are fabricated by very economical soft lithography imprinting of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) mold (itself obtained from a Ni master stamp that is generated from holographic interference lithography of a photoresist) on a UV-curable polyurethane drop placed on the glass. Green and blue OLEDs are then fabricated on the ITO to complete the device. When the μLA is ~15 × 15 mm2, i.e., much larger than the ~3 × 3 mm2 OLED pixel, the electroluminescence (EL) in the forward direction is enhanced by ~100%. Similarly, a 19 × 25 mm2μLA enhances the EL extracted from a 3 × 3 array of 2 × 2 mm2 OLED pixels by 96%. Simulations that include the effects of absorption in the organic and ITO layers are in accordance with the experimental results and indicate that a thinner 0.7 mm thick glass would yield a ~140% enhancement.

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This article is from Optics Express 19 (2011): A786–A792, doi:10.1364/OE.19.00A786. Posted with permission.

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