Model calculations for enhanced fluorescence in photonic crystal phosphor

doi:10.1364/OE.20.002452

Model calculations for enhanced fluorescence in photonic crystal phosphor

Kyungtaek Min, Yun-Kyoung Choi, and Heonsu Jeon »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 2452-2459 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.002452

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We propose a novel photonic structure, based on the photonic crystal (PC) effect, which simulations show results in an improved fluorescence efficiency from embedded phosphor. To be specific, the phosphor pumping efficiency can be significantly improved by tuning the pump photon energy to a photonic band-edge (PBE) of the PC phosphor. We have confirmed this theoretically by calculating optical properties of one-dimensional PC phosphor structures using the transfer-matrix method and plane-wave expansion method. For a particular model structure based on a quantum dot phosphor, the fluorescence enhancement factor was estimated to be as high as 6.9 for a monochromatic pump source and 2.2 for a broad bandwidth (20 nm) pump source.

OCIS Codes
(230.1480) Optical devices : Bragg reflectors
(260.2510) Physical optics : Fluorescence
(310.4165) Thin films : Multilayer design
(230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals
(230.7405) Optical devices : Wavelength conversion devices

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Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: October 24, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 7, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: January 3, 2012
Published: January 19, 2012

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Kyungtaek Min, Yun-Kyoung Choi, and Heonsu Jeon, "Model calculations for enhanced fluorescence in photonic crystal phosphor," Opt. Express 20, 2452-2459 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-3-2452

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Appl. Phys. Lett.

R.-J. Xie, N. Hirosaki, M. Mitomo, K. Takahashi, and K. Sakuma, “Highly efficient white-light-emitting diodes fabricated with short-wavelength yellow oxynitride phosphors,” Appl. Phys. Lett.88(10), 101104 (2006). [CrossRef]
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Chem. Mater.

W.-J. Yang, L. Luo, T.-M. Chen, and N.-S. Wang, “Luminescence and energy transfer of Eu- and Mn-coactivated CaAl2Si2O8 as a potential phosphor for white-light UVLED,” Chem. Mater.17(15), 3883–3888 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

A. R. Kortan, R. Hull, R. L. Opila, M. G. Bawendi, M. L. Steigerwald, P. J. Carroll, and L. E. Brus, “Nucleation and growth of cadmium selendie on zinc sulfide quantum crystallite seeds, and vice versa, in inverse micelle media,” J. Am. Chem. Soc.112(4), 1327–1332 (1990). [CrossRef]

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K. Bando, K. Sakano, Y. Noguchi, and Y. Shimizu, “Development of high-bright and pure-white LED lamps,” J. Light Visual Environ.22(1), 2–5 (1998). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

J. Phys. Chem. B

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Nat. Photonics

S. Pimputkar, J. S. Speck, S. P. DenBaars, and S. Nakamura, “Prospects for LED lighting,” Nat. Photonics3(4), 180–182 (2009). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

C. M. Johnson, P. J. Reece, and G. J. Conibeer, “Slow-light-enhanced upconversion for photovoltaic applications in one-dimensional photonic crystals,” Opt. Lett.36(20), 3990–3992 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

E. Yablonovitch, “Inhibited spontaneous emission in solid-state physics and electronics,” Phys. Rev. Lett.58(20), 2059–2062 (1987). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Science

H. Yokoyama, “Physics and device applications of optical microcavities,” Science256(5053), 66–70 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. Painter, R. K. Lee, A. Scherer, A. Yariv, J. D. O’Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and I. Kim, “Two-dimensional photonic band-Gap defect mode laser,” Science284(5421), 1819–1821 (1999). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

J. D. Joannopoulos, S. G. Johnson, J. N. Winn, and R. D. Meade, Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light, 2nd ed. (Princeton University Press, 2008), Chap. 4.
P. Yeh, Optical Waves in Layered Media (Wiley, 1988), Chap. 6.
S. L. Chuang, Physics of Photonic Devices, 2nd ed. (Wiley, 2009), Chap. 9.

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