Title :
Surface plasmon enhanced light emission from CdSe quantum dot nanocrystals
Author :
Okamoto, Koichi ; Vyawahare, Saurabh ; Scherer, Axel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
We obtained very bright light emission from CdSe quantum dots (QDs) by using surface plasmon coupling. Both the photoluminescence intensities and decay rates are dramatically increased when QDs are located on evaporated gold films.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; gold; nanostructured materials; photoluminescence; semiconductor quantum dots; surface plasmons; wide band gap semiconductors; Au; CdSe-Au; decay rates; evaporated gold film; photoluminescence intensities; quantum dot nanocrystals; surface plasmon enhanced light emission; Gold; Nanocrystals; Optical coupling; Optical films; Photoluminescence; Physics; Plasmons; Quantum dots; Semiconductor materials; Zinc compounds; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (250.5230); (300.6500) Spectroscopy, time-resolved;
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.2006.4629091
