Enhanced luminescence of Eu-doped films based on gap coupled plasmons

Coupled plasmons are promising candidates for enhancing the luminescence, which can drastically alter the electromagnetic environment of emitters and modulate their emission process. In this paper, we have carried out a comparison of enhanced luminescence based on different plasmonic nanostructures...

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Published in:Journal of alloys and compounds 2022-06, Vol.907, p.164451, Article 164451
Main Authors: Liu, Jinhua, Zhao, Xuemiao, Liu, Xinxin, Zhang, Dong, Wang, Qinglin, Zhao, Lina, Li, Shuhong, Shi, Qiang, Liu, Cailong, Zhang, Bingyuan, Wang, Wenjun, Wang, Qingru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Couplings
Doped films
Electromagnetic fields
Emission
Emitters
Energy transfer
Enhanced luminescence
Eu-PMMA Films
Gap coupled plasmon
Gold
Local surface plasmon resonance
Luminescence
Nanoparticles
Nanorods
Nanostructure
Photoluminescence
Plasmonics
Plasmons
Silver
Substrates
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Summary:Coupled plasmons are promising candidates for enhancing the luminescence, which can drastically alter the electromagnetic environment of emitters and modulate their emission process. In this paper, we have carried out a comparison of enhanced luminescence based on different plasmonic nanostructures and designed a gap coupled structure Au nanorods (NRs)/space layer/Ag nanoparticles (NPs) film to enhance the photoluminescence (PL) of Eu film. The current result indicates that our maximum enhancement factor is 53.5-fold. And our studies reveal that the Ag NPs film as the substrate provides electromagnetic field enhancement, the space layer as the intermediate layer adjusts the distance to decrease the nonradiative energy transfer. A dominant role of the Au NRs in luminescence enhancement is also indicated due to the perfect match between local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Au NRs and the emission spectrum of Eu. Our designed gap coupled nanostructure has multiple plasmon couplings, which can be beneficial to certain applications such as gap coupled plasmonic nanostructure-based detectors and devices. •A new gap coupled structure Au nanorods/space layer/Ag nanoparticles film was designed.•The maximum luminescence enhancement factor of Eu films is obviously increased, and the lifetime is drastically adjusted..•The excitation process, the emission process and the quenching of Eu emitters are regulated.
ISSN:0925-8388
1873-4669
DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164451