Title :
Plasmonic collimation and beaming from LED active materials
Author :
DiMaria, Jeff ; Dimakis, E. ; Moustakas, T.D. ; Paiella, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Plasmonic nanostructures consisting of an ultrathin Ag film supporting a nanoscale Ag grating are used to demonstrate strong collimation and beam steering of the radiation output of a multiple-quantum-well visible light emitting sample.
Keywords :
beam steering; diffraction gratings; light emitting diodes; metallic thin films; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical collimators; plasmonics; silver; Ag; LED active materials; beam steering; beaming; multiple-quantum-well visible light emitting sample; nanoscale Ag grating; plasmonic collimation; ultrathin Ag film; Films; Geometry; Gratings; Light emitting diodes; Nanostructures; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA