IP Library Granted Patent US 10,281,321
Granted Patent B2
US 10,281,321 · App. 15/329,096 · Granted May 7, 2019

Arrangement for spatially resolved and wavelength-resolved detection of light radiation emitted from at least one OLED or LED

Inventors: Norbert Danz (Jena, DE); Christoph Waechter (Jena, DE)
Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
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Patent No.
US 10,281,321
App. No.
15/329,096
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for a spatially resolved and wavelength-resolved detection of light radiation emitted from at least one OLED or LED. A multilayer system is arranged between an electrode, an OLED or an LED, and a substrate and is formed using layers formed alternately above one another from a material having higher and lower optical refractive indices n. In this respect, light radiation from the at least one OLED or LED and having a plurality of different wavelengths λ 1, λ2, λ3 , . . . λn thus exits the multilayer system. Light radiation that exits at different wavelengths λ 1, λ2, λ3 , . . . λn at different angles is incident onto at least one detector array after at least a simple refraction at an optical element or after reflection at a layer or at a layer system of a sensor such that light radiation at a wavelength λ 1, λ2, λ3 , . . . or λn is incident onto a respective detector element of the detector array. The detector elements of the detector array are arranged discretely from one another.

Claims (10)

1. An arrangement for spatially resolved and wavelength-resolved detection of light radiation comprising at least one OLED ( 1 ) or LED from which light radiation having a plurality of different wavelengths λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . λn is emitted, a multilayer system ( 2 ) arranged between an electrode ( 3 , 4 ) of an OLED ( 1 ) or of an LED and a substrate ( 5 ), wherein the multilayer system ( 2 ) is formed using layers arranged alternately above one another from a material having a higher and a lower optical refractive index n and light radiation from the at least one OLED ( 1 ) or LED having a plurality of different wavelengths λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . λn exits the multilayer system ( 2 ) such that light radiation having different wavelengths λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . n exits at defined angles,

at least one detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) and an optical element ( 10 , 11 ), wherein the optical element is an optical lens ( 10 ) or a prism ( 11 ) that is an integral component of a substrate ( 5 ) of the OLED ( 1 ) or of the LED and the optical lens ( 10 ) or the prism ( 11 ) is connected to the substrate ( 5 ) by means of an immersion fluid or is arranged at a spacing from the substrate ( 5 ) with a gap present there between,

and the emitted light radiation is directed onto the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) through a sample ( 8 ) at least partly transparent for the light radiation after at least a simple refraction at the optical element ( 10 , 11 ) such that light radiation having wavelength λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . or λn is incident onto a respective detector element of the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) and the detector elements of the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) are arranged discretely from one another or

at least one detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) and at least one sensor ( 12 ), wherein the at least one sensor ( 12 ) is at least one SPR sensor or BSW sensor ( 12 ) having a film or a thin film system ( 12 . 1 ) on which the sample ( 8 ) is arranged,

and the emitted light radiation is directed onto the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) after at least a simple reflection at the film or the thin film system ( 12 . 1 ) such that light radiation having wavelength λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . or λn is incident onto a respective detector element of the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) and the detector elements of the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) are arranged discretely from one another.

2. An arrangement in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that a microoptical surface structure ( 6 ) is formed on the surface of the substrate ( 5 ) at which the light radiation emitted from an OLED ( 1 ) or from an LED is incident or is present there.

3. An arrangement in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that light radiation of a respective angle is incident onto a correspondingly arranged defined detector element of the detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) such that the respective intensity of light radiation of the corresponding wavelengths λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . λn is measurable due to the properties of the light source.

4. An arrangement in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that a second detector array ( 9 . 1 ) is present that is preferably usable for a reference measurement.

5. An arrangement in accordance with claim 4 , characterized in that two detector arrays ( 9 , 9 . 1 ) are arranged with angular symmetry with respect to an axis or a plane.

6. An arrangement in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that a second multilayer system ( 2 ) is arranged above a second electrode ( 3 or 4 ) transparent for the emitted light radiation such that dispersed light radiation emitted from there at which different wavelengths λ 1 , λ 2 , λ 3 , . . . λn are emitted at different angles is incident onto at least one further detector array ( 9 , 9 . 1 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2017
From: DANZ, NORBERT; WAECHTER, CHRISTOPH
To: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Reel/Frame 041460/0586 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 214 721 · Jul 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170248463A1 · Aug 31, 2017