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The role of metal film electron density in a surface plasmon polariton assisted light emitter

  • Shangxin Lin
  • , Chun Yuen Wong*
  • , Edwin Yue Bun Pun
  • , Feng Song
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Nankai University

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Abstract

A novel and simple Sm3+-doped-polymer/Ag/ SiO2 trilayer structure was fabricated to investigate the impact of surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) on the emission quantum efficiency of the dipole emitter Sm3+. Photoluminescence(PL) enhancement factors for samples with different Ag thicknesses (30-70nm) were found to be different when the thickness of the Sm3+-doped-polymer film was kept constant (220nm). Theoretical analysis suggests that the electron density of the metal film plays an important role in the SPP assisted PL enhancement process, and this was confirmed in a Sm3+-doped-polymer/Ag/Au/ SiO2 multilayer structure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number055203
JournalNanotechnology
Volume21
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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