Title :
Silver nanocaps decorated photonic crystal for fluorescence enhancement
Author :
Li, Yue-Heng ; Tsai, Pei-chang ; Lin, Jian-Hung ; Hsu, Chia-Chen ; Kan, Hung-Chih
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Chiayi, Taiwan
Abstract :
Annealed silver film on top of SiO2 nano-sphere opal shows a dip in the reflection spectrum at photonic band gap wavelengths. Fluorophores coated on the silver film shows over 70 time enhanced fluorescence.
Keywords :
annealing; fluorescence; infrared spectra; metallic thin films; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; silver; visible spectra; Ag-SiO2; annealed silver film; coated fluorophores; fluorescence enhancement; nanosphere opal; photonic band gap wavelengths; reflection spectrum; silver nanocap decorated photonic crystal; Fluorescence; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Plasmons; Reflection; Silver; Surface treatment; Nanostucture; SiO2 nanosphere; fluorescence enhacement; opal; photonic crystal; silver;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, AB
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1511-2
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2012.6318875