Tzenka Miteva et al 2008 New J. Phys. 10 103002 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/10/103002
Tzenka Miteva1,3, Vladimir Yakutkin2, Gabriele Nelles1 and Stanislav Baluschev2,3
Show affiliationsIn this paper, we demonstrate the first all-organic, transparent, flexible, versatile colour displays based upon triplet–triplet annihilation assisted photon energy upconversion in viscous polymeric matrix. The devices work with ultra-low excitation intensities down to 20 mW cm−2 red or near-IR light. The displays are based on metallated-porphyrin sensitizers in combination with emitters dispersed in a transparent polymeric matrix and are driven by galvo-scanned laser diodes. The displays have external quantum yield as high as 3.2%. The response time can be adjusted to specific application requirements—up to 80 μs allowing kHz-refreshment rate of the displayed information. It is possible to easily tune the optical density of the screens in order to obtain a desired transmittance for the excitation beam. We demonstrate the ability to achieve multicolour emission, using only one excitation source. There are practically no display size limitations.
Issue 10 (October 2008)
Received 3 June 2008
Published 2 October 2008
Tzenka Miteva et al 2008 New J. Phys. 10 103002
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