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- the present invention relates to a transparent sheet used with one surface being adjacent to a light emitter, and a light emitting device using the same.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional configuration of a light-emitting device using a general organic electroluminescence element (organic EL element) and a state of light propagation.
- An electrode 102, a light emitting layer 103, and a transparent electrode 104 are laminated on the substrate 101 in this order, and a transparent substrate 105 is placed on the transparent electrode 104.
- a voltage between the electrode 102 and the transparent electrode 104 By applying a voltage between the electrode 102 and the transparent electrode 104, light is emitted at a point S inside the light-emitting layer 103, and this light is reflected directly or after being reflected by the electrode 102, and then passes through the transparent electrode 104 to form a transparent substrate.
- the light enters the point P on the surface 105 at an angle ⁇ with respect to the surface normal to the surface, and is refracted and emitted to the air layer 106 side at this point.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams for explaining light extraction efficiency when it is assumed that the transparent substrate 105 has a multilayer structure in the light emitting device.
- the refractive index of the light emitting layer 103 is n ′ k
- the refractive index of the air layer 106 is n 0
- the refractive indexes of a plurality of transparent layers interposed between the light emitting layer 103 and the air layer 106 are the light emitting layers.
- Equation 2 is nothing other than Snell's law when the light emitting layer 103 is in direct contact with the air layer 106, and ⁇ ′ k ⁇ ⁇ c regardless of the refractive index of the transparent layer interposed therebetween.
- Sin ⁇ 1 (n 0 / n ′ k ) indicates that total reflection occurs.
- FIG. 2B schematically shows the range of light that can be extracted from the light emitting layer 103.
- the light that can be extracted is located in two pairs of cones 107 and 107 ′ with the light emitting point S as the apex, the apex angle as twice the critical angle ⁇ c , and the z axis along the surface normal of the refractive surface as the central axis. included.
- the actual extraction efficiency ⁇ is smaller than 1-cos ⁇ c because the transmittance within the critical angle does not become 100%.
- the total efficiency of the light emitting element is a value obtained by multiplying the light emission efficiency of the light emitting layer by the extraction efficiency ⁇ .
- Patent Document 1 discloses a substrate interface and an internal surface in an organic EL element for the purpose of suppressing total reflection on the surface of the transparent substrate when light is emitted from the transparent substrate to the atmosphere.
- an invention is disclosed that is based on the principle of improving the light extraction efficiency by forming a diffraction grating on the reflection surface and changing the incident angle of the light with respect to the light extraction surface.
- Patent Document 2 in order to provide a planar light emitting device with high light extraction efficiency, a plurality of transparent protrusions are formed on the surface of the transparent substrate in the organic EL element, and light at the interface between the transparent substrate and air is formed. It is described that reflection can be prevented.
- the conventional light emitting device as described above has the following problems.
- the light extraction efficiency ⁇ from the light-emitting layer 103 does not exceed 1-cos ⁇ c even at the maximum, and the light extraction is performed once the refractive index of the light-emitting layer 103 is determined.
- diffracted light in which a predetermined amount of azimuth is uniformly shifted is generated for all light rays.
- the light including such diffracted light has a distribution in light intensity depending on the azimuth, and a predetermined amount of shift width depends on the wavelength of the emitted light, so that there is a color imbalance depending on the azimuth.
- the light emitting device disclosed in Patent Document 2 is intended to prevent reflection of light on the refracting surface, and the improvement of the light extraction efficiency by this structure is as small as about 20%.
- the present invention has been made in view of such points, and the object of the present invention is to emit light incident on a transparent substrate having a critical angle or more to realize a significant improvement in light extraction efficiency and to reflect the light. Another object of the present invention is to provide a sheet and a light emitting device that prevent black floating and suppress the occurrence of light intensity distribution and color imbalance due to orientation.
- the first sheet of the present invention is a transparent sheet that is used with one surface adjacent to the light emitter, and the other surface has a maximum inscribed circle diameter of 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.5 ⁇ m or less.
- one minute region ⁇ is adjacent and surrounded by another plurality of minute regions ⁇ , and the plurality of minute regions ⁇ are separated from the plurality of minute regions ⁇ . It consists of a plurality of minute regions ⁇ 1 selected at a ratio of 40% or more and 98% or less and a plurality of other minute regions ⁇ 2, and the minute region ⁇ 1 is a predetermined reference parallel to the other surface.
- the concave portion has a depth of d / 2, and the predetermined reference plane is the minute region ⁇ 1.
- the minute region ⁇ 2 in a middle position in a direction perpendicular to the other surface, d is 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.4 ⁇ m or less, and at least a part of the convex portion and the concave portion Is provided with a fine periodic structure made of irregularities.
- the second sheet of the present invention is a transparent sheet that is used with one surface adjacent to the light emitter, and the other surface has a maximum inscribed circle diameter of 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.5 ⁇ m or less.
- one minute region ⁇ is adjacent and surrounded by another plurality of minute regions ⁇ , and each of the plurality of minute regions ⁇ is on the other surface.
- the predetermined reference plane is at a position intermediate between the minute area ⁇ at the highest position in the direction perpendicular to the other face and the minute area ⁇ at the lowest position,
- the d is 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.4 ⁇ m or less, At least a portion of parts and the recesses, the fine periodic structure is provided consisting of irregularities.
- the third sheet of the present invention is a transparent sheet that is used with one surface adjacent to the light emitter, and the other surface has a maximum inscribed circle diameter of 0.4 ⁇ m or more and 1.0 ⁇ m or less.
- one minute region ⁇ is adjacent and surrounded by another plurality of minute regions ⁇
- the plurality of minute regions ⁇ includes a plurality of minute regions ⁇ 1 and consists other plurality of minute regions [delta] 2 Prefecture, said minute regions [delta] 1 and the minute region [delta] 2, of the light incident perpendicular to the one surface, the light transmitted through the micro-region [delta] 1
- a phase difference of 180 degrees between the light transmitted through the minute region ⁇ 2 and at least a part of each of the minute region ⁇ 1 and the minute region ⁇ 2 is uneven.
- a fine periodic structure is provided.
- the minute regions ⁇ are polygonal and have congruent shapes.
- a bottom surface of the concave portion in the concave and convex portions and a top surface of the convex portion in the concave and convex portions have a rectangular shape with a width A / 2, and the concave and convex portions in the fine periodic structure body have the rectangular shape.
- the period A in the direction parallel to the other surface is not less than 0.1 ⁇ m and not more than 0.2 ⁇ m, and the height h of the unevenness in the fine periodic structure is not less than 0.1 ⁇ m and not more than 1.4 ⁇ m.
- the irregularities have a cone shape, and a period A in a direction parallel to the other surface of the cone shape is 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 0.2 ⁇ m or less, and the cone The height h of the shape is 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 1.4 ⁇ m or less.
- a first light emitting device of the present invention is a light emitting device comprising a light emitter and a transparent protective layer provided on the light emitting surface of the light emitter, and is adjacent to the light emitting surface of the protective layer.
- the surface opposite to the surface is divided into a plurality of minute regions ⁇ having a maximum inscribed circle diameter of 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.5 ⁇ m or less, and one minute region ⁇ is divided into another plurality of regions.
- the minute region [delta] 1 the height a protruding portion protruding to the other surface upward with respect to a predetermined reference plane parallel to the other surface d a / 2
- the micro-region [delta] 2 is recessed into the other surface down to the predetermined reference plane Its depth a part is d / 2, the predetermined reference plane, exist to an intermediate position in a direction perpendicular to the said other surface of the minute region [delta] 1 and the minute region [delta] 2
- the luminous body emits light having a center wavelength of the emission spectrum of ⁇ , the refractive index of the protective layer is n 1 , and the refractive index of the medium in contact with the protective layer on the
- a second light emitting device of the present invention is a light emitting device including a light emitter and a transparent protective layer provided on the light emitting surface of the light emitter, and is adjacent to the light emitting surface of the protective layer.
- the surface opposite to the surface is divided into a plurality of minute regions ⁇ having a maximum inscribed circle diameter of 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.5 ⁇ m or less, and one minute region ⁇ is divided into another plurality of regions. Adjacent to and surrounded by the minute region ⁇ , and each of the plurality of minute regions ⁇ has a height within a range of 0 to d / 2 with respect to a predetermined reference plane parallel to the other surface.
- the luminous body emits light having a center wavelength of the emission spectrum of ⁇
- the refractive index of the protective layer is n 1
- the refractive index of the medium with which the protective layer is in contact with the opposite surface is n 1 also a small n 0, a ⁇ / 6 (n 1 -n 0 ) ⁇ d ⁇ / (n 1 -n 0), at least in part on the fine periodic consisting irregularities of the convex portion and the concave portion A structure is provided.
- a third light emitting device of the present invention is a light emitting device including a light emitter and a transparent protective layer provided on the light emitting surface of the light emitter, and is adjacent to the light emitting surface of the protective layer.
- the surface opposite to the surface is divided into a plurality of minute regions ⁇ having a maximum inscribed circle diameter of 0.4 ⁇ m or more and 1.0 ⁇ m or less, and one minute region ⁇ is divided into another plurality of regions.
- the plurality of minute regions ⁇ Adjacent to and surrounded by the minute region ⁇ , and the plurality of minute regions ⁇ includes a plurality of minute regions ⁇ 1 and a plurality of other minute regions ⁇ 2, and the minute region ⁇ 1 and the minute region ⁇ 1
- the region ⁇ 2 refers to light transmitted through the micro region ⁇ 1 and light transmitted through the micro region ⁇ 2 out of light perpendicularly incident on the surface of the protective layer adjacent to the light emitting surface from the light emitter. between the light causes a phase difference of 180 degrees, the minute region [delta] 1 and the minute region [delta] 2 At least some of the respective fine periodic structure is provided consisting of irregularities.
- the medium is air.
- the medium is an airgel.
- a bottom surface of the concave portion in the concave and convex portions and a top surface of the convex portion in the concave and convex portions have a rectangular shape with a width A / 2, and the concave and convex portions in the fine periodic structure body have the rectangular shape.
- the period A in the direction parallel to the other surface is not less than 0.1 ⁇ m and not more than 0.2 ⁇ m.
- the height h of the unevenness is not less than 0.1 ⁇ m and not more than 1.4 ⁇ m.
- the unevenness has a cone shape, and a period A in a plane parallel to the opposite surface of the cone shape is 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 0.2 ⁇ m or less,
- the height h of the cone shape is 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 1.4 ⁇ m or less.
- FIG. (A) is a cross-sectional view of a light-emitting device provided with a diffraction grating having a periodic structure at the interface, and (b) is a view showing the upper surface of (a).
- (A) is a figure which shows the cross section of the light-emitting device provided with the 1986
- (b) is a figure which shows the upper surface of (a).
- (A) to (h) are explanatory views for explaining boundary conditions of the light field on the refractive surface.
- (A) is a diagram in which pinholes are arranged, and (b) is a diagram in which phase shifters are arranged. It is the figure which showed the transmittance
- (A) to (d) is an explanatory view showing the viewing angle dependency of light emitted from the surface structure in the first embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the incident angle dependence of the transmittance
- (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the light extraction efficiency of the surface structure in 2nd Embodiment
- (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the light extraction efficiency of the surface structure in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the taking-out efficiency in 2nd Embodiment.
- (A) to (e) is an explanatory view until the pattern of the surface structure in the fourth embodiment is determined.
- (A) is a figure which shows the 1st surface structure of 6th Embodiment
- (b) is a figure which shows 2nd surface structure.
- (A), (b) is sectional drawing and the top view which show the light-emitting device 107 of 8th Embodiment.
- (A), (b) is an enlarged view of the surface structure 113 and the fine periodic structure 114 formed in the transparent substrate 105. It is a figure which shows the reflectance analysis model in 8th Embodiment.
- (A) shows the reflectivity of the mirror model at an incident angle of 25 degrees and the reflectivity of the model with the fine periodic structure 114 added to the mirror surface, and (b) shows the surface structure 113 at an incident angle of 25 degrees.
- 2 shows the reflectance of the model provided only with the above, and the reflectance of the model of the present embodiment in which the fine periodic structure 114 is added to the surface structure 113, and (c) shows the reflectance of the specular model at an incident angle of 45 degrees.
- (d) shows the reflectance of a model in which only the surface structure 113 is provided at an incident angle of 45 degrees, and the fine periodic structure on the surface structure 113.
- the reflectance of the model to which 114 is added is shown.
- (A) shows the analysis result of the angle dependence of the transmittance t
- (b) shows the light extraction efficiency of the three models.
- (A), (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the cross-sectional structure of the organic electroluminescent element in other embodiment, and the mode of light propagation. It is a pattern figure in which a surface structure makes a checker shape.
- Patent Document 1 Prior to describing the embodiments of the present invention, the progress of the study up to the present invention will be described based on prior examples such as Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the transmittance on the refractive surface (interface between the transparent layer surface and the air layer).
- the transmittance of light that enters the refractive surface 107a of the transparent layer 107 from the inside of the transparent layer 107 with a refractive index of 1.5 along the paper surface at an angle ⁇ and is refracted to the air side (refractive index of 1.0) is the light transmittance.
- the P-polarized light the vibration component whose electric field vector is parallel to the paper surface
- S-polarized light shows the transmittance characteristic of the curve 108b.
- the P-polarized light exhibits the transmittance 108A and the S-polarized light exhibits the transmittance 108B.
- the value does not change to zero when the critical angle is exceeded, but the transmittance below the critical angle approaches 100% and approaches the shape of the step function at the critical angle.
- FIG. 3 (b) the calculation was made with a structure in which 50 layers of 0.01 ⁇ m thick films having a refractive index of 0.01 to 1.0 with a deviation of 0.01 were stacked. As the gradient becomes gentler, the difference between the P-polarized light and the S-polarized light disappears, and in both cases, the graph of the transmittance with respect to the incident angle approaches the step function.
- Patent Document 1 is taken as an example, and a light emitting device using an organic EL element having a diffraction grating 209 provided at the interface between the transparent substrate 205 and the transparent electrode 204 shown in FIG. It was.
- an electrode 202, a light emitting layer 203, a transparent electrode 204, and a diffraction grating layer 209 are stacked in this order on a substrate 201, and a transparent substrate 205 is provided on the diffraction grating layer 209. .
- the diffraction grating layer 209 has an irregular periodic structure with a pitch ⁇ in both the x and y directions with the transparent substrate 205, and the shape of the convex part is a square with a width w as shown in FIG.
- the protrusions are arranged in a staggered pattern.
- the transparent electrode 204 By applying a voltage between the electrode 202 and the transparent electrode 204, light is emitted at a point S inside the light emitting layer 203, and this light is reflected directly or after being reflected at the electrode 202, and then passes through the transparent electrode 204 to be a diffraction grating. Transmits through layer 209 and diffracts. For example, assuming that the light 210a emitted from the point S travels straight without being diffracted in the diffraction grating layer 209, the light 210a is incident on the refractive surface 205a of the transparent substrate 205 at an angle greater than the critical angle and totally reflected as in the light 210b. Actually, since the diffraction grating layer 209 diffracts, the incident angle with respect to the refracting surface 205a becomes smaller than the critical angle like the light 210c and can be transmitted.
- the diffraction direction by the diffraction grating will be described with reference to FIG.
- a diffraction grating having a pitch ⁇ is formed along the paper surface.
- a circle 211 having a radius n A and a circle 212 having a radius n B are drawn on the paper surface with the point O as the center.
- An orthogonal vector (vector from the perpendicular foot A to the point O) onto the refracting surface 207a of the incident vector 210i (a vector starting from the circumference of the circle 211 toward the point O at an angle ⁇ ) is 210I
- the point O is A vector 210r having an end point on the circumference of the circle 212 as a start point is drawn so that the orthogonal projection vector 210R is the same as the vector 210I.
- q is a diffraction order (integer).
- the azimuth angle ⁇ angle formed with the refractive surface normal
- n B ⁇ sin ⁇ n A ⁇ sin ⁇ (Formula 4)
- a light ray 210b assumed not to be diffracted corresponds to a refracted light ray
- the diffracted light ray 210c is displaced from the light ray 210b by q ⁇ / ⁇ to avoid total reflection on the refractive surface 205a. become. Therefore, since light that should be totally reflected can be extracted, it can be considered that an improvement in light extraction efficiency can be expected as compared with an organic EL light emitting device that does not have a diffraction grating layer.
- a critical angle is formed on the refractive surface 205a of the transparent substrate 205 like the light 210B.
- the light is incident at the following angle and refracted through the refracting surface 205a, it is actually diffracted by the diffraction grating layer 209, so that the incident angle with respect to the refracting surface 205a becomes larger than the critical angle like the light 210C.
- the light enters the refracting surface 205a at an angle greater than the critical angle and is totally reflected.
- diffracted light whose azimuth is uniformly shifted by q ⁇ / ⁇ is generated for all light rays.
- the light including such diffracted light has a distribution in light intensity depending on the direction, and the shift width q ⁇ / ⁇ depends on the wavelength ⁇ of the emitted light, so there is a color imbalance depending on the direction in which the light is emitted. That is, light of different colors can be seen depending on the viewing direction, which is inconvenient as a light source for display applications.
- Patent Document 2 a light emitting device using an organic EL element in which a protrusion 315 is provided on the surface of a transparent substrate 305 shown in FIG. 6 was studied.
- an electrode 302, a light emitting layer 303, a transparent electrode 304, and a transparent substrate 305 are laminated in this order on a substrate 301, and a plurality of protrusions 315 are formed on a surface 305a of the transparent substrate 305.
- the protrusions 315 have a quadrangular prism shape with a width w and a height h, and are arranged at random positions on the transparent substrate surface 305a as shown in FIG. 6B.
- the size of w is in the range of 0.4 to 20 ⁇ m
- the size of h is in the range of 0.4 to 10 ⁇ m
- such protrusions 315 are formed with a density in the range of 5000 to 1000000 pieces / mm 2 .
- the actual protrusion 315 can be processed to become thinner as it goes to the tip by side etching, and even if there is no side etching, the effective refractive index takes a value near the middle between the transparent substrate 305 and air.
- the refractive index distribution can be changed gently. Therefore, since the distribution is close to the refractive index distribution shown in FIG. 3B, the projection 315 can partially prevent the reflection of light as indicated by 310e, and as a result, the light extraction efficiency can be improved. Can do. Even if the size of the protrusions 315 is set to be equal to or greater than the wavelength, the protrusions 315 are arranged at random, so that interference of the extracted light can be suppressed.
- the inventors of the present application further studied how to reduce the amount of light totally reflected on the refracting surface and increase the amount of light that can be extracted.
- FIG. 7 schematically shows boundary conditions of the light field on the refracting surface, and considers the case where light having a width W is incident on the refracting surface T.
- FIG. 7 From Maxwell's equation, the integration along path A that goes around the refractive surface T with respect to the electric field vector or magnetic field vector is zero. However, it is a precondition that there is no electric charge or light source in the peripheral circuit, and the intensity and phase of the electric field vector or magnetic field vector along the refracting surface T are continuous.
- the width t orthogonal to the refracting surface can be made negligibly smaller than the width s along the refracting surface. Only the ingredients remain. From this relationship, it is required that the electric field vector or magnetic field vector is continuous across the refractive surface.
- the Fresnel equation is derived using this continuity relationship, and the reflection, refraction law, total reflection phenomenon, etc. are completely solved by this equation.
- the width t cannot be ignored when the light width W is reduced to several tens of times the wavelength or less.
- the circular integral A is divided into B and C (see FIG. 7C)
- the circular integral B is included in the luminous flux and becomes zero. Since the remaining circular integration C has zero electric field vector or magnetic field vector outside the luminous flux, only the integral value of the path PQ in the luminous flux remains (see FIG. 7D). Accordingly, the circulation integral C is not zero, and is equivalent to light emission in the calculation circuit.
- the circular integrals C and C ′ are close to each other, and the paths PQ and Q′P ′ overlap each other. The circular integration of 'is zero, and no light is emitted in the circuit.
- the circular integration C is twice the integration in the path PQ. This is equivalent to the fact that light is emitted within the circuit. Therefore, light is generated near the boundary of the width even when not only narrow light but also light with different phases is arranged through a narrow width (this is a phenomenon that effectively behaves as light emission, not actual light emission). Yes, it is called the boundary diffraction effect because it resembles the phenomenon called boundary diffraction proposed by Young before the establishment of diffraction theory).
- the inventors of the present application have studied the structure of the refracting surface for actually causing the phenomenon that light is transmitted even when the critical angle is exceeded, from the above consideration results.
- pinhole light (white square ⁇ ) is provided by providing (a) pinholes on the boundary surface with air on the transparent substrate placed on the light emitter, and blocking the other portions. And (b) a case in which 180-degree phase shifters 18 are randomly arranged in a grid partitioned by a width w.
- FIG. 10 is an experimental result showing the incident angle dependence of the first transmittance t in the incidence of P-polarized light.
- a mask that transmits a portion with a phase of 0 ° and covers a portion with a phase of 180 ° with a light-shielding film (Cr film).
- the experiment was conducted by substituting a random arrangement of light shielding films in the eyes and the same as the random arrangement of pinhole light.
- the width w was 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 2.0, and 5.0 ⁇ m. As shown in FIG.
- the experimental apparatus is a semiconductor laser (wavelength 0.635 ⁇ m), triangular prism 58 (BK7), mask substrate 59 (synthetic quartz, refractive index 1.457, mask pattern formed on the back), condenser lens A system 50 and a photodetector 51, a triangular prism is closely attached to the surface of the mask substrate with a matching liquid 52 having a refractive index of 1.51 interposed therebetween, and laser light is incident while measuring the azimuth angle from the triangular prism side, and the back surface
- the transmitted light leaking from the side is collected by the condenser lens system 50, and the transmitted light amount is measured by the photodetector 51.
- the portion of the light-shielding film corresponding to 1 ⁇ 2 of the entire area is shielded, and the amount of transmitted light is 1 ⁇ 2 compared to that using a phase shifter. Is normalized by the amount of light incident on (a half of the total amount of light). The experimental result agrees well with the analysis result shown in FIG. 9, and it can be seen that a large transmittance exists even when the critical angle (43.34 degrees) is exceeded, and that the tendency becomes stronger as w becomes smaller.
- FIG. 12 shows a cross-sectional configuration of the light emitting device using the organic EL element in the first embodiment and a state of light propagation.
- An electrode 2, a light emitting layer 3, and a transparent electrode 4 are laminated in this order on the substrate 1, and a transparent substrate (transparent protective layer) 5 is formed on the transparent electrode 4.
- the substrate 1, the electrode 2, the light emitting layer 3, and the transparent electrode 4 constitute a light emitter.
- a surface structure 13 that is partitioned by minute regions and has fine irregularities is formed.
- the reflected component is incident on the point R on the surface structure 13 again after being reflected by the electrode 2, and a part thereof is emitted to the air layer side 6 ( The second light extraction), the rest is reflected.
- the above process is repeated infinitely.
- FIG. 13 shows a pattern diagram of the surface structure 13 in the first embodiment.
- the left side of FIG. 13A is a top view, and the right side is an AA cross-sectional view of the top view.
- the surface structure 13 divides the surface of the transparent substrate 5 into grids (square microregions ⁇ ) having a width w (referred to as a boundary width) without any gaps.
- (Small area ⁇ ) is convex (13a (micro area ⁇ 1 ), gray eyes in the figure), or relatively concave (13b (micro area ⁇ 2 ) in the figure, white) Eye)), the ratio is randomly assigned at 50% each, and FIG.
- the height of the protrusion is d when viewed from the bottom of the recess. That is, one minute region ⁇ is adjacent to and surrounded by another plurality of minute regions ⁇ , and the minute region ⁇ 1 protrudes above the surface of the transparent substrate 5 from the minute region ⁇ 2 .
- a reference plane parallel to the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is defined at an intermediate position between the micro area ⁇ 1 and the micro area ⁇ 2 in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the transparent substrate 5, the micro area ⁇ 1 is separated from the reference plane.
- a plurality of depressions exist on the boundary surface of the transparent substrate 5 with the air 6 and the upper surfaces of the portions other than the depressions exist on the same plane, and the depths of the depressions are substantially the same.
- the first reference plane is divided into a plurality of minute regions ⁇ having the same area of 1.5 ⁇ 1.5 ⁇ m 2 or less, It can be said that the bottom surface of the recess has a shape in which two or more micro regions ⁇ are connected or has only one micro region ⁇ , and the recesses are randomly arranged on the first reference surface.
- the first reference surface is a surface different from the reference surface.
- the surface structure 13 is formed by producing a mold having irregularities by etching, transferring the shape to a sheet-like resin by pressing, and bonding the sheet to the transparent electrode 4 through the adhesive layer as a transparent substrate 5. You may do by the method. In this case, the transparent substrate 5 is an equal transparent sheet. Moreover, you may carry out by the method of forming an unevenness
- the light that diffracts such a random pattern also has a random propagation direction. Therefore, unlike the light emitting device described in Patent Document 1, there is no distribution of light intensity depending on the direction, and there is no color imbalance due to the direction. Absent. In addition, light incident from the outside (air layer side) is reflected by the surface structure 13 on the surface of the transparent substrate 5, but since the reflected light is diffracted in a random direction, an image of the outside world is not reflected. Optical treatment such as an antireflection film is unnecessary, and the product cost can be kept low.
- w 0.5 ⁇ m
- w 0.5 ⁇ m
- w 1.0 ⁇ m
- FIG. 15A 0.450 ⁇ m
- w 1.5 ⁇ m
- a vector connecting the origin and a point on the curve represents the light intensity and the outgoing direction of the outgoing light
- the length of the vector corresponds to the light intensity
- the direction of the vector corresponds to the outgoing direction.
- the vertical axis corresponds to the orientation of the surface normal axis
- the horizontal axis corresponds to the orientation of the in-plane axis
- the solid line represents the cross section along the x-axis or y-axis in FIG. 13B (0 degrees, 90 degrees).
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing the incident angle dependency of the transmittance t of the surface structure 13 in the first embodiment.
- Light of a light amount 1 in the transparent substrate 5 is incident on the surface structure at an angle ⁇ (refracting surface normal).
- FIG. 16 (a) shows how much light is incident at the first angle and emitted toward the air 6 at the first time.
- FIG. 16B shows the dependence of the transmittance on the incident angle when the light is reflected by the surface structure 13, reflected by the electrode 2 and then incident on the surface structure 13 again, that is, the second time.
- the height d 0.70 ⁇ m
- the area ratio of the minute region ⁇ 1 (that is, the ratio of convexity) P 0.5
- each of the minute regions ⁇ is the minute region ⁇ 1 or the minute region ⁇ 2 is P or 1-P, respectively.
- two or more micro areas ⁇ 1 or micro areas ⁇ 2 may be adjacent to each other.
- the boundary between the minute region [delta] 1 or small region [delta] 2 consecutive is not formed, the boundary is virtual.
- the minute region ⁇ 1 or the minute region ⁇ 2 continues, so that only the boundary between these regions disappears, and the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided using the minute region ⁇ as a reference unit. It can be said.
- FIG. 17 shows the experimental results showing the incident angle dependence of the transmittance t at the incidence of P-polarized light.
- the extracted light quantity is proportional to the value obtained by multiplying the transmittance t shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B by sin ⁇ .
- 18A and 18B are explanatory views showing the incident angle dependence of the extracted light quantity in the surface structure of the first embodiment.
- the amount of light 1 emitted from one point in the transparent substrate 5 is incident on the surface structure at an angle ⁇ (angle formed with the refractive surface normal), and how much in the first time.
- 18 (a) shows whether the light is emitted to the air layer 6 side
- FIG. 18 (b) shows a case where the light is reflected once at the surface structure 13 and is incident on the surface structure 13 again after reflecting the electrode 2. The incident angle dependence of the amount of light extracted for the second time is shown.
- FIG. 19A and FIG. 19B are explanatory views showing the light extraction efficiency of the surface structure 13 in the first embodiment.
- the surface structure 13 is plotted on the horizontal axis under the same conditions as those in FIG.
- the boundary width w is summarized. In FIG.
- the refractive index n 1 of the transparent substrate 5 and the refractive index n 0 of air 6 (however, the medium in contact with the transparent substrate 5 may not be air, and the refractive index n 1 of the transparent substrate 5 is A medium having a smaller refractive index n 0 may be used.)
- a center wavelength ⁇ of the spectrum of light ⁇ / (n 1 ⁇ n 0 ) ⁇ d ⁇ ⁇ / 6 (n 1 ⁇ n 0 )
- the condition is the recommended value of the step.
- the first light extraction efficiency becomes maximum when the boundary width w is 0.4 to 2 ⁇ m, and becomes 0.27 (so-called (Expression 3) Asymptotically approaches the light extraction efficiency when the surface is a mirror surface.
- the first and second light extraction efficiencies when the phase shifters for converting the phase of light by 180 degrees are placed in the minute region ⁇ 1 instead of the surface structure 13 on the curves 5d and 5D in FIG. 19B.
- a phase difference occurs while the propagation light of the concave portion and the convex portion propagates a distance corresponding to the step, whereas in the phase shifter, a virtual phase difference is generated at a propagation distance of zero. Is something.
- the first and second light extraction efficiencies gradually approach 0.27 and 0.00, respectively.
- the convex portion acts as an optical waveguide.
- the light extraction efficiency in the second round considering the light attenuation in the round trip is ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 2 .
- the light extraction is not limited to once and twice, but is repeated infinitely. If the relationship is assumed to be a geometric sequence, if the first time is ⁇ 1 and the second time is ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 2 , the nth time is ⁇ 1 ⁇ ( ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 2 / ⁇ 1 ) n ⁇ 1 . Therefore, the total light extraction up to the nth time is ... (Formula 6) Thus, asymptotically approaches ⁇ 1 / (1 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 2 / ⁇ 1 ) at infinite times.
- the surface structure 13 in this embodiment is a single shape (d and w)
- the light extraction efficiency close to the optimum value can be obtained for all wavelengths in the visible light.
- a transparent adjustment layer for adjusting light transmittance in the reciprocation of light between the transparent substrate 5 and the electrode 2 may be placed on the transparent electrode 4.
- the transparent substrate 5 is placed on the adjustment layer (that is, the organic EL element including the adjustment layer can be referred to as a light emitter), but the refractive index n 1 of the transparent substrate 5 is the refractive index n of the adjustment layer.
- the refractive index n 1 of the transparent substrate 5 is the refractive index n of the adjustment layer.
- FIG. 20 shows the state of light propagation at that time.
- the light emitted from the point S inside the light emitting layer 3 having the refractive index n 2 is transmitted directly or after being reflected from the electrode 2 and then transmitted through the transparent electrode 4, and the adjusting layer 15 having the refractive index n 1 ′.
- Refracts at a point P ′ on the boundary surface 15 a passes through the transparent substrate 5 having a refractive index n 1 , and exits to the air 6 side through the point P on the boundary surface between the transparent substrate 5 and the air 6.
- n 1 ′ may be smaller than n 2 , but in this case, total reflection occurs between the transparent electrode 4 and the adjustment layer 15.
- the surface structure 13 according to the present embodiment is formed on the boundary surface with the air 6 in the transparent substrate 5, even the light exceeding the critical angle can be extracted to the air 6 layer side.
- total reflection also occurs at the boundary surface 15a due to the relationship of n 1 ′> n 1 .
- the light is totally reflected when incident on the point Q ′ having an incident angle larger than that incident on the point P ′, and this light is repeatedly totally reflected between the electrodes 2 and cannot be extracted to the air 6 side.
- the surface structure 13 ′ according to the present embodiment is also provided on the boundary surface between the adjustment layer 15 and the transparent substrate 5, so that incident light exceeding the critical angle on this surface can be obtained. It can be taken out to the air 6 side. That is, total reflection does not occur even when incident on the point Q ′ exceeding the critical angle due to the surface structure 13 ′, and the component reflected on this surface reflects the electrode 2 and then returns to the point R ′ on the surface structure 13 ′. And a part of the light can be emitted to the air 6 side through the surface structure 13, and the above process is repeated infinitely.
- the structure of FIG. 21 has the complexity of forming the surface structures 13, 13 ′ having irregularities in a double manner, a material with a low refractive index can be used for the transparent substrate 5, and the range of selection of the material can be expanded. Has merit.
- the light transmittance ⁇ in the reciprocation between the transparent substrate 5 and the electrode 2 is large from (Equation 6)
- the light extraction efficiency increases.
- the actual light-emitting layer 3 is surrounded by a plurality of transparent layers such as the adjustment layer 15 described above in addition to the electrode 2 and the transparent electrode 4, but the film design (the refractive index and thickness of the film including the light-emitting layer 3) Determination) should be performed so that the above-described light transmittance ⁇ is maximized.
- the phase distribution of the reflection at the surface structure 13 is random, the overlapping of the reflected light is handled incoherently (intensity addition, not amplitude addition).
- the influence of reflection on the surface of the transparent substrate 5 can be ignored, and can be treated virtually with a reflectance of 0% and a transmittance of 100%.
- light is emitted from the transparent substrate 5, and the light is reciprocated in multiple layers through the multilayer film including the light emitting layer 3 to maximize the amount of complex light amplitude overlap that returns to the transparent substrate 5.
- the refractive index and thickness of each film are determined.
- a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the pattern of the surface structure 13, and all other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description of the common configurations is omitted.
- the light wavelength ⁇ 0.635 ⁇ m
- the protrusion height d of the surface structure d 0.70 ⁇ m
- the light extraction efficiency in the case of 0.8 and 0.9 (first time and second time) is shown.
- the light extraction efficiency is further improved by setting the ratio P, which controls the area ratio of the unevenness, in the range of 0.4 to 0.8 centered on 0.6. Enhanced. It is considered that this is because the convex portion effectively acts as an optical waveguide in this range (the area ratio of the convex portion forming the waveguide is small when P ⁇ 0.2, and the convex portion when P ⁇ 0.8. Waveguide effect diminishes because they are too close together.)
- the light extraction efficiency can be further increased by setting the ratio P in the range of 0.5 to 0.98 centering on 0.9. Accordingly, it is preferable to set the ratio P in the range of 0.4 to 0.98 in the total light extraction efficiency including the first time and the second time.
- the light extraction efficiency higher than that of the first embodiment can be obtained by shifting the ratio P from 0.5.
- there is no light intensity distribution or color imbalance depending on the orientation and a significant improvement in light extraction efficiency can be realized, and reflection of an external image can be suppressed.
- a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- the third embodiment is the same as the first and second embodiments except that the step structure of the surface structure 13 is different, and the description of the common configuration is omitted.
- the third embodiment is a case where the amount of step between two adjacent microregions ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 of the surface structure in the first and second embodiments is made random.
- the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided into grids (square microregions ⁇ ) having a width w (referred to as a boundary width) without any gaps, and a single reference plane is obtained.
- an arbitrary height (or depth) between ⁇ d m / 2 and d m / 2 is randomly set based on a random function.
- the transparent substrate 5 is located between the minute region ⁇ at the highest position and the minute region ⁇ at the lowest position.
- a plane parallel to the surface. d m is the difference in height direction between the positions of the minute region ⁇ at the extreme low value of minute regions ⁇ in the highest position.
- FIG. 22B is an explanatory diagram showing the light extraction efficiency of the surface structure in the present embodiment.
- the level difference from the reference surface is random.
- the light extraction efficiency at the first time becomes maximum when the boundary width w is 0.2 to 2 ⁇ m, and becomes 0.27 (so-called (Equation 3) when w is reduced or increased.
- the range of the boundary width w needs to be 0.2 ⁇ m or more. Further, as discussed in FIGS. 14 and 15 of the first embodiment, the boundary width w is 1.5 ⁇ m or less because of the viewing angle dependency. preferable.
- 1.40 .mu.m can be said to be a measure of the upper limit of d m. These ranges are the same as the ranges of the first embodiment ( ⁇ / (n 1 ⁇ n 0 ) ⁇ d m ⁇ ⁇ / 6 (n 1 ⁇ n 0 )).
- the light extraction efficiency higher than that in the first and second embodiments can be obtained by randomizing the amount of the step. Further, as in the first embodiment, there is no light intensity distribution or color imbalance depending on the orientation, and the reflection of an image of the outside world can be suppressed.
- the amount of the step as a condition for randomly (1) 0 to the case of taking all the values up to the step amount d m, (2) 0 and the maximum step amount d m of the step of three or more stages, including When taking either of the two, there are two possible cases.
- the mold for shape transfer for forming such a surface structure on the sheet surface has three exposure and etching steps (first: a mask pattern having a boundary width w1 is used for the exposure, the depth Etching d m / 6, second time: changing the mask to a mask pattern with boundary width w 2 by exposure, etching depth d m ⁇ 2/6, third time: changing the mask to a mask pattern with boundary width w 3 by exposure It can be produced by etching with a depth d m ⁇ 3/6.
- a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- the fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the pattern of the surface structure, and all other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment, and description of common configurations is omitted.
- FIG. 24 shows a process until determining a surface structure pattern in the fourth embodiment.
- the micro area ⁇ assigned to black is the micro area ⁇ 1
- the micro area ⁇ assigned to white is the micro area ⁇ 2 .
- FIG. 24B shows a ratio in which the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided into grids (square micro-region ⁇ ) having a width w 2 that is an integral multiple of w 1 , and each eye is black.
- the micro area ⁇ assigned to black is the micro area ⁇ 1
- the micro area ⁇ assigned to white is the micro area ⁇ 2 .
- FIG. 24C the patterns of FIGS. 24A and 24B are superposed so that the grids are aligned, and the overlap of black ( ⁇ 1 ) and black ( ⁇ 1 ) is white, white ( The overlap between ⁇ 2 ) and white ( ⁇ 2 ) is generated by white, white ( ⁇ 2 ) and black ( ⁇ 1 ), or black ( ⁇ 1 ) and white ( ⁇ 2 ) are generated by the rule of black. Pattern.
- the pattern shown in FIG. 24C has the same generation rule as that of FIG. 24A, and the pattern of the surface structure in which black is convex and white is relatively concave is introduced in the first embodiment. It is the same as what you are doing.
- the patterns of FIG. 24D and FIG. 24B are overlaid so that the grids are aligned, and the overlap of black ( ⁇ 1 ) and black ( ⁇ 1 ) is white and white ( The overlap between ⁇ 2 ) and white ( ⁇ 2 ) is generated by white, white ( ⁇ 2 ) and black ( ⁇ 1 ), or black ( ⁇ 1 ) and white ( ⁇ 2 ) are generated by the rule of black. Pattern.
- the black and white area ratio is 1: 1, and the minimum size of the black mark and the white mark is the same, but the feature is similar to the pattern of FIG. There is a difference in the appearance ratio of.
- the characteristics of the first and second light extraction efficiencies ( ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 2 ) calculated in the above are added as curves 27b and 27B.
- the ratio P governing the area ratio of the unevenness in the first light extraction is 0.4, centered at 0.6, in spite of the uneven distribution of the pattern different from the first embodiment.
- the light extraction efficiency can be further increased by setting in the range of ⁇ 0.8.
- the total including the first time and the second time is set.
- the light extraction efficiency can be increased.
- the upper limit value of w 1 is preferably 1.5 ⁇ m or less from the viewpoint of viewing angle dependence, as discussed in FIGS. 14 and 15 of the first embodiment.
- the surface structure formation conditions are slightly different from those in the first embodiment.
- the light extraction efficiency is slightly deteriorated compared to the first embodiment, but the structure is still shown in FIGS.
- the light extraction efficiency larger than that of the conventional light emitting device shown in FIG. 2 (a) can be realized.
- the fourth embodiment has a merit that the error margin can be widened and the processing is easy, because the shape constraint condition on the surface structure is looser than the first embodiment.
- the fifth embodiment is a combination of the fourth embodiment and the third embodiment.
- each region is described by being distinguished by color.
- the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided into grid eyes (square microregions ⁇ ) having a width w 1 , and the ratio that each eye is black is P 1 and white.
- a ratio of 1-P 1 is randomly assigned to black and white, and a region (small region ⁇ 2 ) to which white is assigned is engraved by a method such as etching by a depth of d 1 (> 0).
- the area to which black is assigned is the minute area ⁇ 1 .
- the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided into grids of squares w 2 having a width w 2 (square microregions ⁇ ), and the ratio that each eye is blue is P 2 , and the ratio that red is 1-P 2.
- blue and red are assigned at random, and the red assigned region (small region ⁇ 2 ) is engraved by a method such as etching by a depth of d 2 (> 0).
- the region assigned with blue is the minute region ⁇ 1 .
- the overlap of black and blue is the height d 1 + d 2 and the overlap of white and blue is the reference surface.
- the height d 2 or the overlap of black and red can be the height d 1 . Accordingly, since the step can take four values between 0 and d 1 + d 2 a (0, d 1, d 2 , d 1 + d 2) at random, the same effect as the third embodiment is obtained .
- the ratio P 2 corresponds to the deeper side of the engraving width (actually, the ratio P 2 side is 2, the ratio The P 1 side is related to the average depth with a weight of 1), and has the same meaning as the ratio P 2 of the fourth embodiment that determines the area ratio of unevenness, that is, the average level of depth.
- the ratio P 1 is related to the appearance ratio of the fine structure (width w 1 ), it has a similar meaning to the ratio P 1 of the fourth embodiment.
- the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided into grids of squares of width w 3 (square minute areas ⁇ ), and the ratio that each eye is green is P 3 , and the ratio that yellow is 1-P 3.
- Green and yellow are assigned to the region, and the region (small region ⁇ 2 ) assigned with yellow is engraved by a method such as etching by a depth of d 3 (> 0).
- the region assigned with green is the minute region ⁇ 1 .
- the overlap of black, blue and green with respect to this reference surface is the height d 1 + d 2 + d 3
- the overlap of white, blue and green is at height d 2 + d 3
- the overlap of black, blue and yellow is at height d 1 + d 2
- the overlap of black, red and green is at height d 1 + d 3
- black and the red and yellow overlap of the height d 1 the overlap of white and blue and yellow in the height d 2
- the overlap of white and red and green can be is the height d 3.
- the height has eight values from 0 to d 1 + d 2 + d 3 (0, d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , d 1 + d 2 , d 2 + d 3 , d 3 + d 1 , d 1 Since + d 2 + d 3 ) can be taken randomly, the same effect as in the third embodiment can be obtained.
- phase shifter can be formed of multilayer films having different refractive indexes, for example. That is, the phase of transmitted light can be adjusted by multiple reflection of the multilayer film, and a 180 degree region and a 0 degree region can be formed randomly by changing the structure (film thickness and number of layers) of the multilayer film. The same effect can be obtained even if the polarization of light transmitted through the two regions is changed using a polarizer.
- the polarized light of the transmitted light corresponding to the 180-degree region is P-polarized or clockwise circularly polarized light
- the polarized light of the transmitted light corresponding to the 0-degree region is S-polarized light or circularly polarized light counterclockwise.
- this can be realized by using a half-wave plate whose orientation is 90 degrees different.
- the uneven structure of the interface having a difference in refractive index as in the first embodiment can be said to be one form of the phase shifter because the phase of transmitted light changes between the unevenness.
- FIGS. 9 and 19B The incident angle dependency of the transmittance t and the light extraction efficiency of the surface structure 13 in this embodiment are already shown in FIGS. 9 and 19B (curves 5d and 5D), and only the first light extraction efficiency is obtained. However, it is possible to exceed the light extraction efficiency when w is a mirror surface within the range of 0.4 ⁇ m to 1 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 19B also shows the result of setting the phase difference to 90 degrees, and the first and second light extraction efficiencies are represented by curves 5d ′ and 5D ′, respectively. Since both are deteriorated from those having a phase difference of 180 degrees (curves 5d, 5D), it is understood that the optimum value of the phase difference is 180 degrees.
- the light extraction efficiency higher than that of the conventional example can be obtained by forming the surface structure 13 with the phase shifter. Further, as in the first embodiment, there is no light intensity distribution or color imbalance depending on the orientation, and the reflection of an image of the outside world can be suppressed.
- a seventh embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- the seventh embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the pattern of the surface structure, and all other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and description of common configurations is omitted.
- FIG. 25A shows a pattern diagram of the first surface structure 23 in the present embodiment.
- the surface structure 23 divides the surface of the transparent substrate 5 into equilateral triangles (small regions ⁇ ) each having a length w, and each minute region ⁇ is convex (in the figure). Randomly assign convex and concave with a ratio of 23a (micro area ⁇ 1 ), gray figure) or concave (23b (micro area ⁇ 2 ), white figure in the figure) to 50% each It is a thing.
- w is 2.25 ⁇ m or less.
- FIG. 25B shows a pattern diagram of the second surface structure 33 in the present embodiment.
- the surface of the transparent substrate 5 is divided into regular hexagons (small areas ⁇ ) having a side length w, and each figure is convex (33a (micro area ⁇ 1 ), gray figure in the figure) or concave. Convex and concave are randomly assigned with the ratio of whether it is (33b (small region ⁇ 2 ), white figure in the figure) being 50%. w is 0.93 ⁇ m or less.
- the size of a figure is that the diameter of the largest circle inscribed in the figure is 0.2 ⁇ m or more and 1.5 ⁇ m or less.
- the seventh embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the pattern shape of the surface structures 23 and 33, and the same principle as that of the first embodiment acts and the same effect can be obtained. Further, the shape is not limited to a regular triangle or a regular hexagon, and any polygon may be used as long as the same figure can be divided without gaps.
- the surface structures 13, 23, 33 in the actual processed body are not strictly squares, regular triangles, regular hexagons, and the corners are rounded or the corners are rounded. Needless to say, the corners of the minute region adjacent to the minute region are deformed by that amount, but the characteristics are not deteriorated and the same effect can be obtained. Further, even when the seventh embodiment is applied to the second to sixth embodiments, the same effects as those of the second to sixth embodiments can be obtained.
- FIGS. 26A and 26B are a cross-sectional view and a top view showing the light emitting device 107 of the eighth embodiment.
- an electrode 102, a light emitting layer 103, a transparent electrode 104, and a transparent substrate 105 are laminated in this order.
- a surface structure 113 having irregularities with a boundary width w is formed on the surface of the transparent substrate 105 (the surface opposite to the side in contact with the transparent electrode 104). Yes.
- FIGS. 27A and 27B are enlarged views of the surface structure 113 and the fine periodic structure 114 formed on the transparent substrate 105.
- the surface structure 113 has a convex portion positioned d / 2 above the reference plane and a concave portion positioned d / 2 below the reference plane.
- Each of the convex portion and the concave portion constitutes a minute region ⁇ .
- a fine periodic structure 114 made of irregularities is provided on the top surface of the convex portion and the bottom surface of the concave portion.
- a recess having a width i and a depth h may be formed on the surface of the surface structure 113, or as shown in FIG.
- a convex portion having a width i and a height h may be formed on the surface of the surface structure 113.
- the bottom surface of the concave portion and the top surface of the convex portion have a rectangular shape with a width A / 2.
- the bottom surface of the recess and the top surface of the protrusion have a square shape (the length of one side is A / 2).
- the boundary width w of the light extraction structure is an integer multiple of the unevenness width i of the fine periodic structure 114, and it is desirable that the end faces of the two coincide with each other.
- the concave and convex portions of the fine periodic structure 114 shown in FIGS. 27A and 27B may be inverted, and in this case, the same effect can be obtained.
- the fine periodic structure 114 has a period A (period in a direction parallel to the surface of the transparent substrate 105) smaller than the wavelength of light emitted from the light emitting layer 103.
- the period A of the irregularities of the fine periodic structure 114 is preferably 1 ⁇ 4 or less of the wavelength of light.
- the period of unevenness of the fine periodic structure 114 is preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 0.2 ⁇ m or less. If the period A is less than 0.1 ⁇ m, processing becomes difficult, and if the period A is greater than 0.2 ⁇ m, diffracted light is generated, so that it is difficult to reduce external light reflection.
- the depth (or height) h of the unevenness of the fine periodic structure 114 is preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 1.4 ⁇ m or less. If the depth h is less than 0.1 ⁇ m, the processing becomes difficult, and the change in the refractive index in the thickness direction becomes extreme, making it difficult to obtain the effect of reducing reflection. Further, as the depth h is deeper, the refractive index changes more gradually, but the processing becomes difficult. Furthermore, if the depth h is larger than 1.4 ⁇ m, it becomes difficult to maintain the shape of the boundary diffraction structure.
- the light emitting layer 103 emits light by applying a voltage between the electrode 102 and the transparent electrode 104.
- the light generated at the light emitting point S in the light emitting layer 103 enters the transparent substrate 105 after passing through the transparent electrode 104, and exits to the outside through the surface structure 113 and the fine periodic structure 114.
- the boundary diffraction effect described above is obtained by the presence of the surface structure 113, and the light extraction efficiency is improved as compared with the case where the transparent substrate 105 has a mirror surface.
- the fine periodic structure 114 is formed on the surface of the light extraction sheet 105, reflection of external light is reduced. Details will be described below.
- the light incident from the outside (air layer 106 side) Reflect in a random direction. Therefore, no reflection occurs so that the image can be visually recognized. Although it can be said that the reflection is prevented by this, the scattered and reflected light makes the screen appear white, so that it is visually recognized that the minimum luminance is increased, that is, the black float is generated.
- the expressive power of low luminance which is a feature of the organic EL display, is hindered.
- an AR (Anti-Reflection) coat As a method for solving such a problem, it is generally considered to form an AR (Anti-Reflection) coat.
- the AR coating realizes an antireflection effect by canceling light by causing the light taken inside to interfere with each other.
- a film thickness of about 0.3 ⁇ m is required, so that not only the size of the light emitting device is increased, but also the film thickness needs to be precisely controlled, which complicates the manufacturing process.
- an AR coat is formed on the surface of the surface structure 113, it is difficult to form an AR coat having a uniform thickness, and the surface structure 113 is filled with the AR coat. . If the unevenness of the surface structure 113 is filled with the AR coating, the outermost surface becomes a shape close to a flat surface, the above-described total reflection phenomenon occurs, and the light extraction efficiency decreases.
- a structure such as the fine periodic structure 114 formed in this embodiment is also called a moth-eye structure (brown eye structure).
- G It was discovered by Bernhard (see Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2).
- the substance having an intermediate refractive index between air and this substance is between the air and this substance.
- the reflectance of light decreases. It is known that the reflectance of light further decreases when the fine periodic structure is formed into a pointed cone shape and the refractive index of air and material is changed gently.
- external light can be taken into the light emitting device 107 without forming a flat surface on the surface of the sheet by forming the fine periodic structure 114 having a moth-eye structure.
- Part of the external light taken into the light-emitting device 107 is confined in the light-emitting device 107 (substrate, color filter, electrode layer, etc.), and is absorbed and diffused. Therefore, the amount of light that comes out of the light emitting device 107 again is smaller than the amount of light that enters the light emitting device 107.
- reflection of external light can be reduced.
- the fine periodic structure 114 can be created by a semiconductor process or a transfer process using nanoimprint.
- the TE wave When the main excitation component was the electric field Ey in the Y direction, the TE wave was used, and when the main excitation component was the magnetic field Hy, the TM wave was used.
- the TE wave expresses an s-wave component
- the TM wave expresses a p-wave component.
- a continuous wave having a spatial Gaussian distribution is used as the light source 115, and the position coordinates of the light source 115 are changed together with the propagation direction ⁇ so that the same point is always reached when the propagation direction ⁇ of the continuous wave of the light source 115 is changed. Analysis.
- the observation surface 116 is arranged in the entire analysis region, and the reflectance obtained by dividing the integrated value of power measured in the analysis region on the air layer 106 side by the integrated value of power in all analysis regions.
- a fine periodic structure 114 having a shape having a recess recessed downward from the upper surface of the surface structure 113 was used as a model of this embodiment.
- the period A of the fine periodic structure 114 was 0.2 ⁇ m
- the boundary width w was 1 ⁇ m
- the boundary depth d was 0.6 ⁇ m.
- a model provided with only a 6 ⁇ m surface structure 113 was used.
- TE waves and TM waves were incident on a total of four models of the model of the present embodiment and the model to be compared, and the average values were compared.
- the incident angles were two points of 25 degrees and 45 degrees.
- FIG. 29 shows the analysis results.
- FIG. 29A shows the reflectivity of the mirror model at the incident angle of 25 degrees and the reflectivity of the model obtained by adding the fine periodic structure 114 to the mirror surface
- FIG. 29B shows the reflectivity at the incident angle of 25 degrees.
- the reflectance of the model provided with only the structure 113 and the reflectance of the model of the present embodiment in which the fine periodic structure 114 is added to the surface structure 113 are shown.
- FIG. 29C shows the reflectivity of the mirror model at the incident angle of 45 degrees and the reflectivity of the model obtained by adding the fine periodic structure 114 to the mirror surface.
- FIG. 29D shows the reflectivity at the incident angle of 45 degrees.
- the reflectance of a model in which only the surface structure 113 is provided and the reflectance of a model in which the fine periodic structure 114 is added to the surface structure 113 are shown.
- the light extraction efficiency was derived by moving the position of the light source 115 to the high refraction side.
- the other analysis model conditions and analysis conditions were the same as those for the reflectivity study.
- Two light extraction efficiencies of the model having only the surface structure 113, the model having the surface structure 113, and the fine periodic structure 114 were compared on the basis of the transmittance of the specular model.
- the observation surface 116 is arranged in the entire analysis region, and a value obtained by dividing the integrated value of power measured in the analysis region on the air layer 106 side by the integrated value of power in all analysis regions is defined as the transmittance t.
- the average value of the TE wave and TM wave was defined as the transmittance t ′ of the model.
- Fig. 31 (a) shows the analysis result of the angle dependence of the transmittance t
- Fig. 31 (b) shows the light extraction efficiency of the three models.
- the transmittance t shown in FIG. 31A is a value obtained by normalizing the transmittance t ′ with the maximum value shown in the vicinity of the Brewster angle on the mirror surface.
- FIG. 31A shows an analysis result of a model having only the surface structure 113 and a model having the surface structure 113 (boundary width 1 ⁇ m) and the fine periodic structure 114. From the analysis result of the model having only the surface structure 113, it can be seen that the light extraction effect above the critical angle is reproduced.
- the fine periodic structure 114 of the present embodiment can be applied to all the patterns of the first to seventh embodiments described above.
- the shape of the fine periodic structure 114 is a cone or a polygonal pyramid shape as in the conventional moth-eye structure, and the period A and the height h are optimized for external light, thereby obtaining a further reflection reduction effect. be able to.
- the height h of the cone shape may be 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 0.2 ⁇ m or less, and the period A may be 0.1 ⁇ m or more and 1.4 ⁇ m or less. preferable.
- the above-described embodiments are examples of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these examples.
- the cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the surface of the convex portion of the surface structure is not limited to the rectangular shape, but may be a trapezoid or a cone shape, and the slope of the convex portion may be a curve.
- the transparent substrate 5 on which the surface structure 13 is formed is formed to be as thin as several ⁇ m, and a protective substrate of about 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm with an air layer interposed therebetween.
- the structure covered with 14 can be considered. Total reflection does not occur on the front surface 14a and the back surface 14b of the protective substrate, but AR coating is necessary.
- a transparent material having a low refractive index such as airgel may be used on the surface structure 13 instead of the air layer.
- the surface structure 13 is formed on only one surface, but a similar structure can be formed on both surfaces of the transparent substrate 5. Further, a general diffraction grating 13 ′ may be disposed between the surface structure 13 and the light emitting point S. At this time, as shown in FIG. 32 (b), the transparent substrate 5 is formed into a film shape, the front surface structure 13 is formed on the front surface, the diffraction grating 13 ′ and the surface structure 13 ′′ of another specification are formed on the back surface, and the adhesive layer 21 is formed on the light emitter side.
- the material of the adhesive layer 21 is determined from the refractive index of the light emitting layer 3. If it is selected so that it is smaller by 0.1 or more, total reflection on the respect surface of the adhesive layer 21 and the light emitting layer 3 hardly occurs, and the refractive surface between the adhesive layer 21 and the transparent substrate 5 and transparent Total reflection occurring on the refractive surface between the substrate 5 and the air 6 can be avoided by the surface structure 13 ′′ (or the diffraction grating 13 ′) and the surface structure 13, respectively.
- the depth of the concave portion or the height of the convex portion of the diffraction grating 13 ′ or the surface structure 13 ′′ is preferably a condition that a phase difference is generated by ⁇ between the transmitted light in the concave portion and the transmitted light in the convex portion.
- the conditions may be such that the depth of the concave and the height of the convex are small.
- FIG. 33 shows a pattern diagram in which the surface structure forms a checkered pattern (checker shape).
- the surface structure divides the surface of the transparent substrate 5 into squares having a length w of one side, the gray squares 13a and the white squares 13b form a checker pattern, the gray is convex, and the white is relatively Concave shape.
- the first and second light extraction efficiencies of the surface structure having the checker shape and the surface structure having the staggered lattice (the side surrounded by the quadrangle is concave) shown in FIG. It is added to FIG. 19B (d 0.70 ⁇ m, curves 5e, 5f, 5E, 5F, respectively).
- both the checker pattern and the zigzag pattern show undulating characteristics as w changes. This is also a problem specific to the periodic pattern, and is related to the distribution of light intensity depending on the orientation.
- FIGS. 35 (a) and 35 (b) show the results of analyzing the viewing angle dependency of the first extracted light emitted from the surface structure of the checker pattern.
- Step d 0.7 ⁇ m
- boundary width w 0.5 ⁇ m
- the boundary diffraction effect occurs when the discontinuous part of the light phase is separated by a certain distance or more, in order to maximize this effect, the appearance ratio of the discontinuous part of the phase within the limited area is set. It is necessary to maximize it. If the refractive surface is divided into innumerable minute regions and the phase becomes discontinuous at the boundaries between the minute regions, the aforementioned appearance ratio is maximized under two conditions. The first condition is that the area of each minute region is as uniform as possible, and the second condition is that a phase difference exists between adjacent minute regions. That is, if there is a small area having a larger area than others, dividing the large area increases the boundary of phase discontinuity.
- the boundary increases.
- the area of each micro area is aligned as much as possible, and at least the area of each micro area is 0.5 to 1.5 times the reference area (the maximum of the circles inscribed in the micro area) If the diameter of the material falls within the range of 0.7 to 1.3 times the standard diameter, the appearance ratio of the boundary line between the microregions is maximized.
- the first to eighth embodiments comply with this condition. Even if the division into the minute regions can be maximized, the effect is reduced if the phases are aligned between the adjacent minute regions.
- the fourth and fifth embodiments comply with this condition. That is, in the light emitting device of the above embodiment, the extraction efficiency is improved by the effect of maximizing the boundary diffraction effect rather than the effect of antireflection as in the light emitting device described in Patent Document 2.
- the surface shape in the first to eighth embodiments is different from the surface state such as frosted glass or roughened surface and the surface state shown in the light emitting device described in Patent Document 2.
- the surface is divided into grid eyes (or polygonal eyes) having a width w, and convex and concave portions are assigned to each eye in a ratio of 1: 1.
- the surface state such as frosted glass or roughened surface does not have an inherent width w, and the shape of the micro area is indefinite, and the ratio of the total area of the convex part to the total area of the concave part is also 1: 1. It's not a relationship.
- the ratio between the convex and concave portions is shifted from 50%, and the ratio of the total area of the concave portions to the total area of the convex portions is out of 1: 1, but the inherent width w still exists,
- the ratio of the total area to the total area of the protrusions is also a predetermined value, which is completely different from a completely random pattern.
- the step is different for each grid (or polygonal) defined by the width w.
- the surface shape in the above embodiment is not a completely random pattern but a random pattern according to a certain rule.
- FIG. 36A eight cards 17 having a width w are randomly arranged on a table 16 having a width 4w. That is, the total area of the eight cards 17 is 1 ⁇ 2 of the area of the table 16. However, it is assumed that the card 17 does not protrude from the table 16.
- FIG. 36B the cards 17 are arranged to allow overlapping.
- FIG. 36C the cards 17 are arranged without allowing overlapping.
- the total area of the cards is smaller than 1 ⁇ 2 of the table area by the amount of overlapping of the cards 17. It has already been shown by the curves 27a and 27A in FIG.
- the generation principle of the random pattern used in the above embodiment is different from that in FIG.
- the area ratio is maintained at a certain ratio, and a scale smaller than the width w such as the minute interval j does not occur.
- the surface shape in the above embodiment is not a completely random pattern, but a random pattern according to a rule for maximizing light extraction efficiency.
- the phenomenon caused by the surface shape in the first to eighth embodiments is one of diffraction phenomena.
- a light beam that is virtually refracted with respect to a flat reference surface that averages the surface shape is defined as 0th-order diffracted light (not appearing in the case of total reflection), and this light is used as a reference for orientation.
- 0th-order diffracted light not appearing in the case of total reflection
- higher-order diffracted light is generated in the shifted direction.
- the propagation direction of the diffracted light other than the 0th order is random.
- frosted glass and surface roughening are not diffraction phenomenon but one of refraction phenomena.
- the direction of the surface normal is random on the refracted surface, and the refraction direction is also random. is there. That is, the surface shape in the first to eighth embodiments is formed on a parallel plate, and when viewed through, the outline of the opposite image can be clearly seen. This means that 0th-order diffracted light always exists in the light that is diffracted and separated by the surface shape, and this light maintains the contour of the image on the opposite side. On the other hand, in the case of frosted glass or surface roughening, there is no light corresponding to the 0th-order diffracted light, and the outline of the image on the opposite side becomes blurred when viewed through.
- Patent Document 2 interprets the word “obedient” as Snell's law (the law of refraction) without the expression of “diffraction” because there is only the expression “obediently radiated into the air” by the protrusions on the surface. In that sense, it can be understood that it falls into the same category as frosted glass and surface roughening, and can be said to be different from the present invention.
- the feature of the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2 is that a plurality of transparent protrusions are arranged completely randomly on the transparent insulating substrate, and the protrusion and the recess have the same shape as in the present application.
- the existence ratio of the convex part and the concave part is a specific ratio as one or more aggregates of minute regions.
- the structure in which the concave portion and the convex portion are interchanged or the structure in which the height and depth of the minute region are interchanged is substantially the same as the original structure, but the light emitting device described in Patent Document 2 Not so.
- Patent Document 2 describes the remarkable effect as in the above embodiment. Absent.
- protrusions having a number of 5000 to 10 6 pieces / mm 2 per unit area and a width of 0.4 to 20 ⁇ m are given in a completely random arrangement.
- the phase of light is shifted in a concavo-convex shape.
- the phase shift can be realized in a shape other than the uneven shape.
- the thickness of the multilayer film and the refractive index condition can be changed in the region corresponding to the concave portion and the region corresponding to the convex portion. Even in this case, it is needless to say that the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained.
- the first to eighth embodiments are not independently established, but a part of each may be combined to form a new example.
- the organic electroluminescence element has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be applied to any element that emits light in a medium having a refractive index larger than 1.
- the medium from which the light emitting device emits light is not limited to air.
- the surface structure of the above embodiment can be applied when the refractive index of the transparent substrate is larger than the refractive index of the medium with which the transparent substrate is in contact, particularly 0.1 or more.
- the light-emitting device according to the present invention is useful as a display, a light source, and the like because it greatly improves the light extraction efficiency and also has good viewing angle characteristics of the emitted light.
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n’k×sinθ’k=n’k-1×sinθ’k-1=…=n’1×sinθ’1=n0×sinθ0 (式1)
sinθ’k=sinθ0×n0/n’k (式2)
η=1-cosθc (式3)
nB×sinφ=nA×sinθ (式4)
nB×sinφ’=nA×sinθ-qλ/Λ (式5)
第1の実施形態を図12から20に基づいて説明する。
となり、無限回ではη1/(1-τ×η2 /η1)に漸近する。
第2の実施形態を図22、図23に基づいて説明する。なお第2の実施形態は表面構造13のパターンが第1の実施形態と違うだけで、他の構成は全て第1の実施形態と同じであり、共通の構成についてはその説明を省略する。
第3の実施形態を図22(b)に基づいて説明する。なお第3の実施形態は表面構造13の段差条件が違うだけで、他の構成は全て第1、第2の実施形態と同じであり、共通の構成についてはその説明を省略する。
第4の実施形態を図24に基づいて説明する。なお第4の実施形態は表面構造のパターンが第1の実施形態と違うだけで、他の構成は全て第1の実施形態と同じであり、共通の構成についてはその説明を省略する。
第4の実施形態と第3の実施形態を組み合わせたものが、第5の実施形態である。本実施形態では、領域の設定をわかりやすくするために各領域を色で区別して説明する。第5の実施形態では、まず、透明基板5の表面を幅w1の碁盤の目(正方形の微小領域α)に分割し、一つ一つの目が黒である比率をP1、白である比率を1-P1としてランダムに黒と白とに割り当て、白を割り当てられた領域(微小領域α2)をd1(>0)の深さだけエッチング等の方法で彫り込む。なお黒を割り当てられた領域が微小領域α1である。
第6の実施形態を図12に基づいて説明する。なお第6の実施形態は表面構造13のパターンが第1の実施形態と違うだけで、他の構成は全て第1の実施形態と同じであり、共通の構成についてはその説明を省略する。
第7の実施形態を図25に基づいて説明する。なお第7の実施形態は表面構造のパターンが第1の実施形態と違うだけで、他の構成は全て第1の実施形態と同じであり、共通の構成についてはその説明を省略する。
第8の実施形態を図26に基づいて説明する。なお第8の実施形態の構成は、反射低減のための微細周期構造以外は全て第1の実施形態の構成と同じである。第1の実施形態と共通の構成については、ここではその説明を省略する。
上述の実施形態は本発明の例示であって、本発明はこれらの例に限定されない。以上の実施形態において、表面構造の凸部分の表面に垂直な断面形状は矩形形状に限らず、台形や円錐形状となってもよく、凸部分の斜面が曲線になってもよい。
2 電極
3 発光層
4 透明電極
5 透明基板
6 空気
13、13'、13” 表面構造
14 微細周期構造
15 光源
16 観察面
S 発光点
101 基板
102 電極
103 発光層
104 透明電極
105 透明基板
106 空気層
107 発光装置
113 表面構造
114 微細周期構造
115 光源
116 観察面
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- 一方の面を発光体に隣接させて用いられる透明なシートであって、
他方の面は、内接する最大の円の直径が0.2μm以上1.5μm以下の複数の微小領域δに分割されているとともに、一つの前記微小領域δは別の複数の前記微小領域δによって隣接且つ囲繞されており、
前記複数の微小領域δは、前記複数の微小領域δから40%以上98%以下の割合で選ばれた複数の微小領域δ1と、それ以外の複数の微小領域δ2とからなり、
前記微小領域δ1は、前記他方の面に平行な所定の基準面に対して前記他方の面上方へ突出した凸部であってその高さはd/2であり、
前記微小領域δ2は、前記所定の基準面に対して前記他方の面下方へ窪んだ凹部であってその深さはd/2であり、
前記所定の基準面は、前記微小領域δ1と前記微小領域δ2との前記他方の面に垂直な方向における中間の位置に存しており、
前記dは0.2μm以上1.4μm以下であり、
前記凸部および前記凹部の少なくとも一部には、凹凸からなる微細周期構造体が設けられていることを特徴とするシート。 - 一方の面を発光体に隣接させて用いられる透明なシートであって、
他方の面は、内接する最大の円の直径が0.2μm以上1.5μm以下の複数の微小領域δに分割されているとともに、一つの前記微小領域δは別の複数の前記微小領域δによって隣接且つ囲繞されており、
前記複数の微小領域δのそれぞれは、前記他方の面に平行な所定の基準面に対して0以上d/2以下の範囲内のランダムな高さで上方に突出した凸部、あるいは0以上d/2以下の範囲内の深さで下方に窪んだ凹部であって、
前記所定の基準面は、前記他方の面に垂直な方向における最も高い位置に存する前記微小領域δと最も低い位置に存する前記微小領域δとの中間の位置に存しており、
前記dは0.2μm以上1.4μm以下であり、
前記凸部および前記凹部の少なくとも一部には、凹凸からなる微細周期構造体が設けられていることを特徴とするシート。 - 一方の面を発光体に隣接させて用いられる透明なシートであって、
他方の面は、内接する最大の円の直径が0.4μm以上1.0μm以下の複数の微小領域δに分割されているとともに、一つの前記微小領域δは別の複数の前記微小領域δによって隣接且つ囲繞されており、
前記複数の微小領域δは、複数の微小領域δ1と、それ以外の複数の微小領域δ2とからなり、
前記微小領域δ1と前記微小領域δ2とは、前記一方の面に垂直に入射した光のうち、前記微小領域δ1を透過した光と、前記微小領域δ2を透過した光との間に、180度の位相差を生じさせ、
前記微小領域δ1および前記微小領域δ2のそれぞれのうちの少なくとも一部には、凹凸からなる微細周期構造体が設けられていることを特徴とするシート。 - 請求項1から3のいずれか一つに記載されているシートであって、
前記微小領域δは多角形且つそれぞれ合同な形状であることを特徴とするシート。 - 請求項1から4のいずれかに記載のシートであって、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸における凹部の底面および前記凹凸における凸部の上面は、幅A/2の矩形形状を有し、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸の前記他方の面に平行な方向における周期Aは0.1μm以上0.2μm以下であり、
前記微細周期構造体における前記凹凸の高さhは0.1μm以上1.4μm以下であることを特徴とするシート。 - 請求項1から4のいずれかに記載のシートであって、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸は錐形状を有し、
前記錐形状の前記他方の面に平行な方向における周期Aは0.1μm以上0.2μm以下であり、
前記錐形状の高さhは0.1μm以上1.4μm以下であることを特徴とするシート。 - 発光体と、前記発光体の発光面の上に設けられた透明な保護層とを備えた発光装置であって、
前記保護層の前記発光面に隣接している面とは反対側の面は、内接する最大の円の直径が0.2μm以上1.5μm以下の複数の微小領域δに分割されているとともに、一つの前記微小領域δは別の複数の前記微小領域δによって隣接且つ囲繞されており、
前記複数の微小領域δは、前記複数の微小領域δから40%以上98%以下の割合で選ばれた複数の微小領域δ1と、それ以外の複数の微小領域δ2とからなり、
前記微小領域δ1は、前記他方の面に平行な所定の基準面に対して前記他方の面上方へ突出した凸部であってその高さはd/2であり、
前記微小領域δ2は、前記所定の基準面に対して前記他方の面下方へ窪んだ凹部であってその深さはd/2であり、
前記所定の基準面は、前記微小領域δ1と前記微小領域δ2との前記他方の面に垂直な方向における中間の位置に存しており、
前記発光体は発光スペクトルの中心波長がλである光を発し、
前記保護層の屈折率がn1、前記保護層が前記反対側の面において接する媒質の屈折率がn1よりも小さいn0であり、λ/6(n1-n0)<d<λ/(n1-n0)であり、
前記凸部および前記凹部の少なくとも一部には、凹凸からなる微細周期構造体が設けられていることを特徴とする発光装置。 - 発光体と、前記発光体の発光面の上に設けられた透明な保護層とを備えた発光装置であって、
前記保護層の前記発光面に隣接している面とは反対側の面は、内接する最大の円の直径が0.2μm以上1.5μm以下の複数の微小領域δに分割されているとともに、一つの前記微小領域δは別の複数の前記微小領域δによって隣接且つ囲繞されており、
前記複数の微小領域δのそれぞれは、前記他方の面に平行な所定の基準面に対して0以上d/2以下の範囲内の高さで上方に突出した凸部、あるいは0以上d/2以下の範囲内の深さで下方に窪んだ凹部であって、
前記所定の基準面は、前記他方の面に垂直な方向における最も高い位置に存する前記微小領域δと最も低い位置に存する前記微小領域δとの中間の位置に存しており、
前記発光体は発光スペクトルの中心波長がλである光を発し、
前記保護層の屈折率がn1、前記保護層が前記反対側の面において接する媒質の屈折率がn1よりも小さいn0であり、λ/6(n1-n0)<d<λ/(n1-n0)であり、
前記凸部および前記凹部の少なくとも一部には、凹凸からなる微細周期構造体が設けられていることを特徴とする発光装置。 - 発光体と、前記発光体の発光面の上に設けられた透明な保護層とを備えた発光装置であって、
前記保護層の前記発光面に隣接している面とは反対側の面は、内接する最大の円の直径が0.4μm以上1.0μm以下の複数の微小領域δに分割されているとともに、一つの前記微小領域δは別の複数の前記微小領域δによって隣接且つ囲繞されており、
前記複数の微小領域δは、複数の微小領域δ1と、それ以外の複数の微小領域δ2とからなり、
前記微小領域δ1と前記微小領域δ2とは、前記保護層の前記発光面に隣接している面に前記発光体から垂直に入射した光のうち、前記微小領域δ1を透過した光と、前記微小領域δ2を透過した光との間に、180度の位相差を生じさせ、
前記微小領域δ1および前記微小領域δ2のそれぞれのうちの少なくとも一部には、凹凸からなる微細周期構造体が設けられていることを特徴とする発光装置。 - 請求項7または8に記載されている発光装置であって、
前記媒質は空気であることを特徴とする発光装置。 - 請求項7または8に記載されている発光装置であって、
前記媒質はエアロゲルであることを特徴とする発光装置。 - 請求項7、8、10および11のいずれかに記載されている発光装置であって、
前記発光体の光が生じる部分の屈折率がn2であるとき、n2-n1<0.1であること
を特徴とする発光装置。 - 請求項7から12のいずれかに記載の発光装置であって、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸における凹部の底面および前記凹凸における凸部の上面は、幅A/2の矩形形状を有し、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸の前記他方の面に平行な方向における周期Aは0.1μm以上0.2μm以下であり、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸の高さhは0.1μm以上1.4μm以下であることを特徴とする発光装置。 - 請求項7から12のいずれかに記載の発光装置であって、
前記微細周期構造体において、前記凹凸は錐形状を有し、
前記錐形状の前記反対側の面に平行な面における周期Aは0.1μm以上0.2μm以下であり、
前記錐形状の高さhは0.1μm以上1.4μm以下であることを特徴とする発光装置。
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