Steering light of OLEDs: Cavity design and driving scheme

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Abstract

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are scalable area light sources which can be designed to emit a variety of spectral distributions in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Typically, the emission pattern is close to be of Lambertian distribution for optimized devices. Various applications scenarios can be conceived, where OLEDs with variable angular beam shapes can be of high interest. In this presentation, we discuss the possibility to design tandem OLEDs that sport a forward and a sideward emitting unit, respectively. This design together with a pulse-width modulation-based driving scheme allows to continuously alter the emitted beam shape. This presentation focuses on the optical design of such a complex cavity and the details of the driving scheme utilized.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSolid-State Lighting, SSL 2017
PublisherOSA - The Optical Society
ISBN (electronic)9781557528209
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesConference proceedings from OSA Publishing
VolumePart F72-SSL 2017

Conference

TitleSolid-State Lighting, SSL 2017
Duration6 - 9 November 2017
CityBoulder
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-4112-6991/work/142254759