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Plasmonic Enhancement of Emission from Si-nanocrystals

Optics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

Plasmonic gratings of different periodicities are fabricated on top of Silicon nanocrystals embedded in Silicon Dioxide. Purcell enhancements of up to 2 were observed, which matches the value from simulations. Plasmonic enhancements are observed for the first three orders of the plasmonic modes, with the peak enhancement wavelength varying with the periodicity. Biharmonic gratings are also fabricated to extract the enhanced emission from the first order plasmonic mode, resulting in enhancements with quality factors of up to 16.

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@article{arxiv.0810.4747,
  title  = {Plasmonic Enhancement of Emission from Si-nanocrystals},
  author = {Yiyang Gong and Jesse Lu and Szu-Lin Cheng and Yoshio Nishi and Jelena Vuckovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.4747},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 5 figures added explanation of low purcell enhancement updated figures