Surface Plasmon Emission Spectra from Rhodamine-B Lb Thin Films on Silver Thin Films

Spectra of emission light from Ag/ Rhodamine-B (RB) LB films due to surface plasmon (SP) excitations have been investigated using an attenuated total reflection (ATR) method and a reversed ATR (RATR) method. In the R-ATR configuration, emission light was observed through the prism, and the intensities and spectra strongly depended upon the emission angle where the light was observed. The relation between the wavelengths and the emission angles agreed with the resonant conditions of excitations of SPs in the ATR configuration. It was concluded that the emission light was caused by excitations of multiple SPs.