Effects of localized surface plasmons on the photoluminescence properties of Au-coated ZnO films

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 8735-8740

  Li, Xuehong ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Ren, Xijun ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(160.4670) optical material; (260.2510) fluorescence; 240.6680 surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONDUCTION BANDS; DEFECT DENSITY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; METALLIC FILMS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ZINC OXIDE;

DEFECT LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; SOLID STATE EMITTERS; SURFACE PLASMONS; ULTRA-VIOLET; VISIBLE EMISSIONS;

GOLD;

GOLD; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ADSORPTION; GOLD; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 66449087376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008735     Document Type: Article

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