Coupling localized and extended plasmons to improve the light extraction through metal films.

نویسندگان

  • Jean Cesario
  • María U Gonzalez
  • Stéphanie Cheylan
  • William L Barnes
  • Stefan Enoch
  • Romain Quidant
چکیده

Efficient transmission of light through a metal layer has become a key issue for a variety of applications including light-emitting diodes and solar cells. We report here on a novel strategy where localized and extended surface plasmons are combined to maximize the fluorescence transmission through a metallic film. We show that the dispersion of an artificial material formed by an array of metal nanoparticles coupled to a flat metal layer can be engineered to make the metal film, in a specific direction, 100% transmissive.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics express

دوره 15 17  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007