Spontaneous emission control in high-extraction efficiency plasmonic crystals.
We experimentally and theoretically investigate exciton-field coupling for the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) in waveguide-confined (WC) anti-symmetric modes of hexagonal plasmonic crystals in InP-TiOAu-TiO-Si heterostructures. The radiative decay time of the InP-based transverse magnetic (TM)-strained multi-quantum well (MQW) coupled to the SPP modes is observed to be 2.9-3.7 times shorter than that of a bare MQW wafer. Theoretically we find that 80 % of the enhanced photoluminescence (PL) is emitted into SPP modes, and 17 % of the enhanced PL is redirected into WC-anti-symmetric modes. In addition to the direct coupling of the excitons to the plasmonic modes, this demonstration is also useful for the development of high-temperature SPP lasers, the development of highly integrated photo-electrical devices, or miniaturized biosensors.
Iwase
Hideo
H
Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, California, 94305, USA. Hideo.Iwase@stanford.edu
Englund
Dirk
D
Vuckovic
Jelena
J
D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods