Surface plasmon mediated energy transfer of electrically-pumped excitons

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4041-4048

  An, Kwang Hyup ^a   Shtein, Max ^a   Pipe, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PLASMONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CAPPING LAYER; DYE MOLECULE; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; EXTERIOR SURFACES; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; METAL ELECTRODES; METALLIC CATHODES; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; ORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC HETEROSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC LEDS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PLASMONIC DEVICES; SENSING AND IMAGING; SURFACE PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; WHITE LIGHT EMISSION;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77749344774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004041     Document Type: Article

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