Enhancement of bandgap emission of Pt-capped MgZnO films: Important role of light extraction versus exciton-plasmon coupling

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 14556-14563

  Yang, W F ^a   Xie, Y N ^b   Liao, R Y ^c   Sun, J ^a   Wu, Z Y ^b   Wong, L M ^d   Wang, S J ^d   Wang, C F ^e   Lee, Alex Y S ^e   Gong, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^e Du Pont Apollo Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ENERGY GAP; EXTRACTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS;

BAND-GAP EMISSION; EMISSION ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT EXTRACTION; LIGHT TRANSFER; LIGHT-EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY; NANO PATTERN; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; SURFACE PLASMONS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

PLATINUM;

MAGNESIUM OXIDE; PLATINUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ADSORPTION; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PLATINUM; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84863752362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.014556     Document Type: Article

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