Open AccessSpectral analysis of organic LED emitters’ orientation in thin layers by resonant emission on dielectric stacks
Author(s) -
Norbert Danz,
Agostino Occhicone,
Christof Pflumm,
Peter Munzert,
Francesco Michelotti,
Dirk Michaelis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.417531
Subject(s) - materials science , optoelectronics , thin film , stack (abstract data type) , optics , oled , dielectric , spectroscopy , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Purposely tailored thin film stacks sustaining surface waves have been utilized to create a unique link between emission angle and wavelength of fluorescent dye molecules. The knowledge of the thin film stack's properties allows us to derive the intrinsically emitted luminescence spectrum as well as to gain information about the orientation of fluorophores from angularly resolved experiments. This corresponds to replacing all the equipment necessary for polarized spectroscopy with a single smart thin film stack, potentially enabling single shot analyses in the future. The experimental results agree well with those from other established techniques, when analyzing the Rubrene derivative in a 2,4,6-tris(biphenyl-3-yl)-1,3,5-triazine (T2T) host used for the fabrication of optimized organic light-emitting diodes. The findings illustrate how resonant layered stacks can be applied to integrated spectroscopic analyses.