TRANSIENT ELECTROLUMINESCENCE FROM POLYMER LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES

被引:5
作者
BRAUN, D
MOSES, D
ZHANG, C
HEEGER, AJ
机构
[1] Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
关键词
ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE; MEH-PPV; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;
D O I
10.1016/0379-6779(93)90572-E
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The transient electroluminescence from polymer light emitting diodes is reported. When the devices are mounted on a microstrip transmission line, the temporal response is limited by the electrode geometry, with rise and fall times below 50 ns. With low duty-cycle pulses (0.5%) the electroluminescence intensity remains proportional to the current at values up to 10 A/cm2, two orders of magnitude greater than possible under direct current operation. Since the spectral blue-shift observed at high current levels (with power dissipation above 1W/cm2) indicates significant sample heating, still higher levels should be possible with proper thermal management.
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页码:4145 / 4150
页数:6
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