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OptoelectronicsOptoelectronics
Materials and Devices for
Photonic Applications, Part One
Nasser Peyghambarian and Robert A. Norwood
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rganic and polymeric optoelectronic devices have made
tremendous progress over the past ten years, making the journey
OO from laboratory curiosity to mercial products in
a number of important areas, such as displays, munications, solar
cells and data storage. Organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology has
already achieved significant ration in mercial market for small,
cheap and flexible displays. The flexibility anic chemistry, coupled with
the knowledge of the requirements of a particular device, can be used to
design molecules and polymers for new applications. In this month’s article,
we will review some recent examples which highlight the development
anic optoelectronic materials for existing and emerging photonics
applications. In the next issue of OPN, we will summarize the state-of-the-art
anic solar cells, light emitting diodes, organic electronics and optical
storage and optical processing devices.
(Left) Flexible video rate OLED display from Sarnoff Laboratories. (Above) Packaged hybrid sol-gel/
polymer electro-optic modulator.
February 2005 ■ Optics & Photonics News 31
1047-6938/05/02/003