title: Surface-plasmon-coupled emission of Rhodamine 110 in a silica nanolayer.
abstract: The first observation of strong directional surface-plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE) of Rhodamine 110 in silica nanofilms deposited on silver nanolayers is reported. The preparation of the material is described in detail. The intensity of SPCE exceeds 10 times that of free space fluorescence and total linear light polarization in the SPCE ring is observed. A new experimental setup and an original data collection method is presented. Our material completely preserves its fluorescence properties for at least eight months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Simeonika
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rangełowa-Jankowska
authors.forename: Dawid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grobelna
authors.forename: Ignacy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gryczyński
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gryczyński
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bogdanowicz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bojarski
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance
chemical_list: D012235:Rhodamines; C049025:rhodamine 110; D012822:Silicon Dioxide