Grain size dependence of surface plasmon enhanced photoluminescence

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3145-3151

  Xu, Xiaoying ^a   Funato, Mitsuru ^b   Kawakami, Yoichi ^b   Okamoto, Koichi ^a,c   Tamada, Kaoru ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILVER;

AG FILMS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN SIZE DEPENDENCE; GRATING STRUCTURES; INGAN QUANTUM WELLS; LIGHT EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY (LEE); PERIODIC LATTICES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ILLUMINATION; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84874027813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.003145     Document Type: Article

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