Metal-polymer-metal split-dipole nanoantennas

Deirdre M. O'Carroll, James S. Fakonas, Dennis M. Callahan, Martin Schierhorn, Harry A. Atwater

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Abstract

The conjugated polymer semiconductor poly(3-hexylthiophene), (P3HT), is integrated directly into the slot region of resonant plasmonic split-dipole nanoantennas. The P3HT radiative emission rate is enhanced by a factor of up to 29, in experiment, and 550 for the ideal case, due to the large local density of optical states in the nanoantenna slot region. Additionally, the theoretical modified luminescence quantum efficiency is shown to increase from 1% to 45% for optimized nanoantenna parameters.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)OP136-OP142
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume24
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 19 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • conjugated polymers
  • nanoantennas
  • polythiophene
  • quantum efficiency
  • radiative emission

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