Title :
Surface plasmon enhanced luminescence Up-conversion
Author :
Dawei Lu ; Yonghao Cui ; Suehyun Cho ; Brun, Luc ; Summers, Christopher J. ; Wounjhang Park
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report enhanced up-conversion in NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanoparticles by surface plasmon. Simple grating and MIM grating structures were investigated to target the excitation processes. Photoluminescence spectroscopy showed up to 30x enhancement in up-converted luminescence intensity.
Keywords :
MIM structures; diffraction gratings; erbium; nanoparticles; photoluminescence; sodium compounds; surface plasmons; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; MIM grating structures; NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+; excitation processes; nanoparticles; photoluminescence spectroscopy; surface plasmon enhanced luminescence up-conversion; Gratings; Luminescence; Nanoparticles; Plasmons; Silver; Spectroscopy; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA