Surface-plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence of quantum dots based on open-ring nanostructure array

Akash Kannegulla; Ye Liu; Li-Jing  Cheng

doi:10.1117/12.2212132

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15 March 2016 Surface-plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence of quantum dots based on open-ring nanostructure array

Akash Kannegulla, Ye Liu, Li-Jing Cheng

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Proceedings Volume 9758, Quantum Dots and Nanostructures: Growth, Characterization, and Modeling XIII; 97580B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212132
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Enhanced photoluminescence (PL) of quantum dots (QD) in visible range using plasmonic nanostructures has potential to advance several photonic applications. The enhancement effect is, however, limited by the light coupling efficiency to the nanostructures. Here we demonstrate experimentally a new open-ring nanostructure (ORN) array 100 nm engraved into a 200 nm thick silver thin film to maximize light absorption and, hence, PL enhancement at a broadband spectral range. The structure is different from the traditional isolated or through-hole split-ring structures. Theoretical calculations based on FDTD method show that the absorption peak wavelength can be adjusted by their period and dimension. A broadband absorption of about 60% was measured at the peak wavelength of 550 nm. The emission spectrum of CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots was chosen to match the absorption band of the ORN array to enhance its PL. The engraved silver ORN array was fabricated on a silver thin film deposited on a silicon substrate using focus ion beam (FIB) patterning. The device was characterized by using a thin layer of QD water dispersion formed between the ORN substrate and a cover glass. The experimental results show the enhanced PL for the QD with emission spectrum overlapping the absorption band of ORN substrate and quantum efficiency increases from 50% to 70%. The ORN silver substrate with high absorption over a broadband spectrum enables the PL enhancement and will benefit applications in biosensing, wavelength tunable filters, and imaging.

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Akash Kannegulla, Ye Liu, and Li-Jing Cheng "Surface-plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence of quantum dots based on open-ring nanostructure array", Proc. SPIE 9758, Quantum Dots and Nanostructures: Growth, Characterization, and Modeling XIII, 97580B (15 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212132

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