1. Emission kinetics of HITC laser dye on top of arrays of Ag nanowires
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Carl E. Bonner, Sangram K. Pradhan, Mikhail A. Noginov, Sangeeta Rout, and V. N. Peters
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Dye laser ,Materials science ,förster energy transfer ,business.industry ,Physics ,QC1-999 ,Kinetics ,Nanowire ,silver nanowires ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,concentration quenching ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Optoelectronics ,förster radius ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business ,emission kinetics ,Biotechnology - Abstract
We have grown arrays of silver nanowires in pores of anodic alumina membranes (metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion at λ ≥ 615 nm), spin coated them with the dye-doped polymer (HITC:PMMA), and studied the rates of radiative and nonradiative relaxation as well as the concentration quenching (Förster energy transfer to acceptors). The results were compared to those obtained on top of planar Ag films and glass (control samples). The strong spatial inhomogeneity of emission kinetics recorded in different spots across the sample and strong inhibition of the concentration quenching in arrays of Ag nanowires are among the most significant findings of this study.
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- 2021