Tailoring Radiative Processes By Nanoengineering For Ultrafast Optoelectronic Devices
Abstract
The overarching goal of this project is to advance insight into fundamental light-matter interactions in highly engineered photonic materials with sub-10 nm dimensions and to demonstrate a new regime for extreme modification of spontaneous emission rates. In pursuit of this goal, the project objectives are to (i) investigate spontaneous emission rate enhancements of fluorescing molecules in plasmonic nanoantennas with ultra-small mode-volumes using a pump-probe technique with ~150 fs resolution; (ii) control the dipole orientation of molecules to maximize their coupling strength to the plasmonic antennas and thereby enhance their spontaneous emission rate; and (iii) investigate integration into optoelectronic devices, in particular the use of plasmonic nanopatch antennas for ultrafast and bright light emitting diodes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501510301
Entities
People
- Maiken H Mikkelsen
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Duke University
- United States Air Force