Optical funtions of tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3)

Aleksandra B. Djurisic; Chung Yin Kwong; Weiling Guo; TszWai Lau; Zheng Tong Liu; HoiSing Kwok; Lillian Sze Man Lam; Wai Kin Chan

doi:10.1117/12.470447

13 June 2002 Optical funtions of tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq₃)

Aleksandra B. Djurisic, Chung Yin Kwong, Weiling Guo, TszWai Lau, Zheng Tong Liu, HoiSing Kwok, Lillian Sze Man Lam, Wai Kin Chan

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Proceedings Volume 4642, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices IV; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470447
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this work we report spectroscopic ellipsometry study of the optical functions of tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq₃) thin films on glass substrates in the spectral range from 1.55 eV to 5 eV. Optical functions of Alq3 deposited on unheated substrates and on substrates kept at 100 degree(s)C have been determined. The influence of atmosphere exposure to the optical properties has been investigated. Studies on degradation of OLEDs usually focus on changes due to crystallization of Alq₃ or cathode degradation during operation (in atmosphere or encapsulated). In this work we show that exposure to atmosphere of an Alq3 layer even without deposition of metal cathode results in change of the optical properties of the layer. It has been found that deposition at higher substrate temperature yields improvement in environmental stability of the films, i.e. less decrease of the PL intensity over time with atmosphere exposure, as well as increased PL intensity. Evolution of the optical functions obtained by spectroscopic ellipsometry, absorption, and photoluminescence spectra are presented and discussed.

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Aleksandra B. Djurisic, Chung Yin Kwong, Weiling Guo, TszWai Lau, Zheng Tong Liu, HoiSing Kwok, Lillian Sze Man Lam, and Wai Kin Chan "Optical funtions of tris (8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq₃)", Proc. SPIE 4642, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices IV, (13 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470447

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