Coupling dynamics between photoluminescent centers in ZnO and surface plasmons

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7394, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lawrie, B J ^a,b   Mu, R ^b   Haglund, R F ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exciton; Local surface plasmon; Photoluminescence; Pump probe spectroscopy; Surface plasmon polariton

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; COUPLING DYNAMICS; DIPOLE-DIPOLE SCATTERING; EXCITON COUPLING; EXCITONIC EMISSION; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON; METAL HOLE ARRAY; METAL NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS; MGO FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED METALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PLASMON COUPLING; PUMP PROBE MEASUREMENT; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM WELL; SPACER LAYER; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRILAYER STRUCTURE; WHITE LIGHT; ZNO;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; PROBES; PUMPS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

PLASMONS;

EID: 70449375197     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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