Grain size dependence of surface plasmon enhanced photoluminescence

Opt Express. 2013 Feb 11;21(3):3145-51. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.003145.

Abstract

Photoluminescence (PL) in the InGaN quantum well based light-emitting diodes (LED) is greatly mediated through the coupling with the Surface Plasmons (SPs) at the interface of the sputtered Ag film. SPs coupled PL is independently tuned through controlling the grain size of the sputtered Ag films. The grain size of ~50 nm exhibits the maximum light extraction efficiency (LEE) at the wavelength of 460 nm. This grain size agrees with the periodic lattice constant of the grating structure in the calculation, where the momentum mismatch between the SPs and the radiative light can be compensated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Luminescent Measurements / instrumentation*
  • Particle Size
  • Silver / chemistry*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Silver