• DocumentCode
    578012
  • Title

    Spontaneous emission rate enhancement using gold nanorods

  • Author

    Kumar, Nikhil R. ; Messer, Kevin ; Eggleston, Michael ; Wu, Ming C. ; Yablonovitch, Eli

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    612
  • Lastpage
    613
  • Abstract
    We present a 7nm bare InGaAsP quantum well coupled to a gold nanorod. Photoluminescence measurements show an increased spontaneous emission rate of at least 4.5× without sacrificing efficiency.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gold; indium compounds; nanophotonics; nanorods; semiconductor quantum wells; spontaneous emission; InGaAsP; gold nanorods; photoluminescence measurements; quantum well; size 7 nm; spontaneous emission rate enhancement; Antennas; Gold; Light emitting diodes; Measurement by laser beam; Modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Spontaneous emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358770
  • Filename
    6358770