Open AccessNanohole-templated organic light-emitting diodes fabricated using laser-interfering lithography: moth-eye lighting
Author(s) -
Yoon-Chang Kim,
Young Rag
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.001598
Subject(s) - oled , materials science , optoelectronics , fabrication , optics , lithography , etching (microfabrication) , diode , microlens , photolithography , nanotechnology , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , layer (electronics) , lens (geology)
We describe the architecture, fabrication, and electro-optical characteristics of a two-dimensional (2D), periodic, highly ordered array of subwavelength scale organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). A 2D nanohole array template was introduced onto a patterned ITO glass substrate by two-step irradiated hologram lithography and reactive ion etching, and then a 2D nanohole OLED array was prepared by following typical OLED fabrication procedures. Our analysis of the electro-optical characteristics of this device showed that shrinking the OLEDs to sub-wavelength scale has only a minimal effect on their optical properties. We also used the Bragg scattering effect to confirm the compounding of the millions of ~220 nm OLED light sources to form 2D periodic nanohole emission by comparing the angular dependence of the emission spectrum of the OLED array with that of a conventional OLED.