Title :
Strong coupling between plasmons and excitons in organic molecular J-aggregates on plasmonic crystals
Author :
Baumberg, J.J. ; Sugawara, Y. ; Kelf, T.A. ; Abdelsalam, M.E. ; Bartlett, P.N.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
By mapping optical absorption spectra from nanostructured plasmonic crystals coated with organic molecular J-aggregate films of cyanine dyes, strong coupling between J-aggregate excitons and two types of localized and delocalized plasmons is observed.
Keywords :
aggregation; dyes; excitons; nanostructured materials; optical materials; plasmonics; surface plasmons; thin films; visible spectra; cyanine dyes; excitons; nanostructured plasmonic crystals; optical absorption spectra; organic molecular J-aggregates; organic molecular films; plasmons; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Excitons; Gold; Nanostructured materials; Optical films; Optical materials; Organic materials; Plasmons; (160.4890) Organic materials; (240.6680) Surface plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628939