Surface plasmon enhanced rare earth fluorescence for increased imaging efficiency

Author

Vella, Jarrett H. ; Vasilyev, Vladimir ; Goldsmith, John ; Limberopoulos, Nicholaos I. ; Derov, John S.

Author_Institution

Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

2014

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

56

Abstract

Ions of rare earth metals are widely known for their versatile ultraviolet, visible, near infrared and middle infrared fluorescence; they can be excited by wavelengths ranging from the ultraviolet to near infrared. The preparation and optimization of infrared fluorescent ceramics will be discussed, as well as their thin film incorporation into plasmonic systems for fluorescent imaging with enhanced efficiency.

Keywords

fluorescence; optimisation; plasmonics; surface plasmons; thin films; fluorescent imaging efficiency; infrared fluorescent ceramics; middle-infrared fluorescence; near-infrared fluorescence; optimization; plasmonic systems; rare earth metal ions; surface plasmon enhanced rare earth fluorescence; thin film; ultraviolet fluorescence; visible fluorescence; Films; Fluorescence; Glass; Gold; Imaging; Nanoparticles; Plasmons; dysprosium; enhancement; fluorescence; imaging; plasmon; praseodymium; rare earth; tantalate; terbium; thulium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, NAECON 2014 - IEEE National

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4690-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.2014.7045776

Filename

7045776