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Improved light coupling efficiency of organic light-emitting diode and polymer optical waveguide integrated device by grating coupler

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In this work, the light coupling efficiency of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and polymer optical waveguide integrated device was improved by the grating coupler. To maximize light coupling efficiency, the grating coupler was optimized by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Based on the simulation results, the grating coupler was fabricated via laser interference lithography process and an OLED was integrated on the surface of it. Comparing the integrated devices without and with grating coupler, light coupling efficiency of the grating-based integrated device was improved by about 5%. The proposed integrated device has the potential application for low-cost and flexible monolithic optical sensors.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Song Wei  (魏松), Chang Liu  (刘畅), Houyun Qin  (秦后运), Yiming Liu  (刘一鸣), Changming Chen  (陈长鸣), Hongbo Wang  (王红波) & Yi Zhao  (赵毅)

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61675089).

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Wei, S., Liu, C., Qin, H. et al. Improved light coupling efficiency of organic light-emitting diode and polymer optical waveguide integrated device by grating coupler. Optoelectron. Lett. 17, 598–603 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-021-1011-8

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