Electric Field Modulated Near-Field Photo-Luminescence of Organic Thin Films
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The concentrated electric field (E-field) in the vicinity of a Voltage-biased near-field optical probe is used to modulate the photoluminescence of organic thin films on the ∼100 nm scale. The samples are bilayers comprising a self-organized-thin-film (50-500 nm) layer of zinc-octakis (â-decoxyethyl) porphyrin (ZnODEP) on top of an indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass electrode. The Al coated-optical-fiber-near-field probe functions simultaneously as a noncontacting moveable electrode and a local source of optical excitation (30-70 nm aperture). When the ITO electrode is charged positive relative to the probe (yielding a field on the order of 1MV/cm-1), the photoluminescence (fluorescence) intensity decreases ∼5% and the probe-sampleprobesample distance (under shear-force feedback control) increases ∼7 Å. Opposite effects for both signals occur when the ITO is charged negative. The E-field effect on the near-field luminescence properties of thin films of ZnODEP is discussed in terms of the following physical mechanisms: (i) direct field induced dissociation of excitons, (ii) exciton/charge carrier electron/hole transfer processes, and (iii) interfacial electron/ hole transfer processes. The potential for using the observed effects as an indirect means of imaging charge injection efficiencies in organic thin film devices is explored.
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