Highly linearly polarized light emission from flexible organic light-emitting devices capitalized on integrated ultrathin metal-dielectric nanograting

Although there have been tremendous achievements ever since the first work on an organic electroluminescent (EL) device that emitted polarized light, the development of flexible polarized emission organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) is not without hurdles, and the challenge towards real-world app...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2020-04, Vol.28 (9), p.13826-13836
Hauptverfasser: Zhou, Lei, Zhu, Yu-Fu, Zhang, Qun-Yong, Zhou, Yun, Wang, Yan-Zong, Zhou, Guang-Hong, Wei, Huai-Xin, Shen, Su
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Although there have been tremendous achievements ever since the first work on an organic electroluminescent (EL) device that emitted polarized light, the development of flexible polarized emission organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) is not without hurdles, and the challenge towards real-world applications still requires tremendous effort. In this paper, we proposed highly linearly polarized light-emission from flexible green OLEDs capitalized on integrated ultrathin metal-dielectric nanograting. The acquired polarized device with meticulously optimized geometric parameters yields an angle-invariant average extinction ratio beyond 20.0 dB within a viewing angle range of ± 60°. The detailed analysis illustrates that surface plasmons and cavity modes are simultaneously contributed to the TM-polarized light selection. We hope that the presented approach will open new opportunities for designing flexible polarized light sources.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/oe.391624