Light emission enhancement using randomly distributed plasmonic nanoparticle arrays

Butkus, J.; Edwards, A. P.; Quacquarelli, F. P.; Adawi, A. M.

Abstract

We have fabricated and characterised the optical properties of solution processed randomly distributed gold nanoparticle plasmonic arrays that are coated with a thin-film fluorescent dye. Three times enhancement in the emission intensity of the fluorescent dye Pyridine 2 has been observed. Our results are further supported by finite difference time domain simulations that predicted up to 7 times enhancements in the emission intensity as a result of the coupling between the molecular dipoles and the confined field in the underlying plasmonic array. Our results demonstrate the potential of using such structures in organic light emitting devices and chemical and bio-sensing applications.

Citation

Butkus, J., Edwards, A. P., Quacquarelli, F. P., & Adawi, A. M. (2014). Light emission enhancement using randomly distributed plasmonic nanoparticle arrays. Optical materials, 36(9), 1502-1505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.04.010

• Acceptance Date: Apr 4, 2014
• Online Publication Date: May 5, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-07
• Deposit Date: Oct 27, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Optical materials
• Print ISSN: 0925-3467
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-1252
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1502-1505
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.04.010
• Keywords: Plasmonic array; Metallic nano-particles; Fluorescent dye
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/380287
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925346714001773
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Optical materials, 2014, v.36, issue 9