The spontaneous emission properties of a single layer organic film in plane
optical microcavities were studied. Optical microcavity was formed by a Tr
is(8-quinolinolato) aluminium (Alq) film sandwiched between a distributed B
ragg reflector (DBR) and a Ag metallic reflector. Two kinds of microcavitie
s were devised by using a different DBR structure. Compared with a Alq film
, significantly spectral narrowing and intensity enhancement was observed i
n the two microcavities, which is attributed to the microcavity effect. The
spectra characteristics of the two microcavities showed that the structure
of DBR has much influence on the emission properties of a microcavity. (C)
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