Single nanohole and photoluminescence: nanolocalized and wavelength tunable light source

Opt Express. 2012 Aug 13;20(17):19474-83. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.019474.

Abstract

We are first to demonstrate a broadband, nanometer-scale, and background-free light source that is based on photoluminescence of a single nanohole in an Au film. We show that a nanohole with a diameter of as small as 20 nm in a 200-nm thick Au film can be used for this purpose. Further development of the localized source that involves the use of a photon-crystal microcavity with a Q-factor of 100 makes it possible to create a 30-fold enhanced, narrowband tunable light source and with a narrow directivity of the radiation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Luminescent Measurements / instrumentation*
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Gold