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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 15, Iss. 12 — Jun. 11, 2007
  • pp: 7190–7195

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Photoluminescence enhancement in nanoimprinted photonic crystals and coupled surface plasmons

V. Reboud, N. Kehagias, M. Zelsmann, C. Schuster, M. Fink, F. Reuther, G. Gruetzner, and C. M. Sotomayor Torres  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 12, pp. 7190-7195 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.007190


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Abstract

A method to enhance the photoluminescence of dye chromophores-loaded by coupling the emission to surface plasmons in nanoimprinted photonic crystals is reported. A 9-fold enhancement in the spontaneous emission intensity of a rhodamine-doped polymer film is achieved on a silver layer due to surface plasmon excitation. By changing the surface plasmon frequency, this enhancement can be suppressed. When the polymer film is patterned by nanoimprint lithography with a two-dimensional photonic crystal the photoluminescence intensity increases up to 27 times compared to unpatterned samples on a quartz substrate.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(220.3740) Optical design and fabrication : Lithography
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(250.3680) Optoelectronics : Light-emitting polymers

ToC Category:
Photonic Crystals

History
Original Manuscript: February 9, 2007
Revised Manuscript: April 3, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: April 5, 2007
Published: May 29, 2007

Citation
V. Reboud, N. Kehagias, M. Zelsmann, C. Schuster, M. Fink, F. Reuther, G. Gruetzner, and C. M. Sotomayor Torres, "Photoluminescence enhancement in nanoimprinted photonic crystals and coupled surface plasmons," Opt. Express 15, 7190-7195 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-12-7190


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