Title :
Plasmonic metal-insulator-metal structures for interaction with silicon nanocrystals
Author :
Yiyang Gong;Szu-Lin Cheng;Yoshio Nishi;Jelena Vuckovic
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Abstract :
We propose to use plasmonic modes in a periodic metal-insulator-metal configuration with metallic gratings to enhance emission from silicon nanocrystals. The modification of emission with a change in grating periodicity is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
"Plasmons","Metal-insulator structures","Silicon","Nanocrystals","Gratings","Optical surface waves","Inorganic materials","Dispersion","Dielectric materials","Gold"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
