ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND ORGANIC EL ELEMENT EVALUATING METHOD

摘要

Provided are an organic EL element having improved conductivity of an anode compared with conventional organic EL elements, and a method for manufacturing such organic EL element. The organic EL element is provided with a layer-like optical element (40), which at least contains a liquid crystal material and a dye, has a diffractive-index distribution based on orientation of liquid crystal molecules constituting the liquid crystal material, and has the diffractive-index distribution fixed; a substrate(11) which can transmit visible light; a light emitting layer (60) composed of an organic EL material; a cathode(70); and an node (50). Each of the anode (70) and the cathode (60) is formed layer-like. The organic EL element is further provided with an orientation film (12), and the orientation film (12) and the optical element (40) are in contact with each other.