Surface plasmons excited by the photoluminescence of organic nanofibers in hybrid plasmonic systems
2016
Recent research on hybrid plasmonic systems has shown the existence of a loss channel for energy transfer between
organic materials and plasmonic/metallic structured substrates. This work focuses on the exciton-plasmon coupling
between para-Hexaphenylene ( p -6P) organic nanofibers (ONFs) and surface plasmon polaritons
(SPPs) in organic/dielectric/metal systems. We have transferred the organic p -6P nanofibers onto a thin silver film
covered with a dielectric (silicon dioxide) spacer layer with varying thicknesses. Coupling is investigated by two-photon
fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) and leakage radiation spectroscopy (LRS). Two-photon excitation
allows us to excite the ONFs with near-infrared light and simultaneously avoids direct SPP excitation on the metal layer.
We observe a strong dependence of fluorescence lifetime on the type of underlying substrate and on the morphology of
the fibers. The experimental findings are complemented via finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) modeling. The
presented results lead to a better understanding and control of hybrid-mode systems, which are crucial elements in future
low-loss energy transfer devices.
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