Photoluminescence properties of silicon nanocrystals interacting with gold nanoparticles via exciton-plasmon coupling

Karsten Potrick and Friedrich Huisken
Phys. Rev. B 91, 125306 – Published 18 March 2015

Abstract

The photoluminescence (PL) properties of silicon nanocrystals (Si NCs) deposited on gold nanostructures have been studied regarding PL intensity and lifetime. In contrast to most investigations, which attempt to optimize the overlap between the plasmon resonance and the Si NCs' PL band, we chose much smaller gold nanoparticles to achieve an improved exciton-plasmon coupling. PL enhancements of up to 20 were observed near the plasmon resonance. In the maximum of the PL band at 710 nm, we determined a PL enhancement of 4 while the average PL lifetime was found to increase from 45 to 66 μs. The experimental observations were successfully explained with a model invoking bidirectional energy transfer between excitonic and plasmonic states, being operative in addition to the normal exciton recombination rate enhancement.

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  • Received 4 November 2014
  • Revised 16 February 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.125306

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Karsten Potrick and Friedrich Huisken*

  • Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Solid State Physics, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany

  • *friedrich.huisken@uni-jena.de; http://www.astrolab.uni-jena.de

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Vol. 91, Iss. 12 — 15 March 2015

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