Enhanced near-green light emission from InGaN quantum wells by use of tunable plasmonic resonances in silver nanoparticle arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 21322-21329

  Henson, John ^a   Dimakis, Emmanouil ^a   DiMaria, Jeff ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Minissale, Salvatore ^a   Dal Negro, Luca ^a   Moustakas, Theodore D ^a   Paiella, Roberto ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NITRIDES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RESONANCE; SILVER;

EMISSION WAVELENGTH; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; FAR-FIELD SCATTERING; GREEN LIGHT EMISSION; INGAN QUANTUM WELLS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANOCYLINDERS; NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; QUANTUM WELL; RECOMBINATION LIFETIME; SILVER NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDIUM NITRIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

COLOR; ELECTRONICS; GALLIUM; INDIUM; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77957995869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.021322     Document Type: Article

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