Scientific Reports (Aug 2017)

Enhancement of spontaneous emission in Tamm plasmon structures

  • A. R. Gubaydullin,
  • C. Symonds,
  • J. Bellessa,
  • K. A. Ivanov,
  • E. D. Kolykhalova,
  • M. E. Sasin,
  • A. Lemaitre,
  • P. Senellart,
  • G. Pozina,
  • M. A. Kaliteevski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09245-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Abstract It was theoretically and experimentally demonstrated that in metal/semiconductor Tamm plasmon structures the probability of spontaneous emission can be increased despite losses in metal, and theoretical analysis of experimental results suggested that the enhancement could be as high as one order of magnitude. Tamm plasmon structure with quantum dots has been fabricated and the emission pattern has been measured. Electromagnetic modes of the structure have been analyzed and modification of spontaneous emission rates has been calculated showing a good agreement with experimentally observed emission pattern.