Surface plasmon-enhanced energy transfer in an organic light-emitting device structure

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11495-11504

  Yang, Ki Youl ^a   Choi, Kyung Cheol ^a   Ahn, Chi Won ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b National Nano Fab Center (NNFC)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

(240.6680) Surface plasmons; (250.3680) Light emitting polymers

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCLUSTERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ACCEPTOR EMISSION; DECAY CHANNELS; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; DONOR ACCEPTORS; LIGHT EMITTING POLYMER; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

PLASMONS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 67650511571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011495     Document Type: Article

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