Photoluminescence excitation of rare earth doped fluoride films by surface plasmon resonance in the Kretschman configuration

0455065 - FZÚ 2016 RIV AU eng A - Abstract
Bulíř, Jiří - Zikmund, Tomáš - Novotný, Michal - Lančok, Ján - Juha, Libor
Photoluminescence excitation of rare earth doped fluoride films by surface plasmon resonance in the Kretschman configuration.
COLA 2015. International Conference on Laser Ablation 2015. Program handbook. Canberra: Australian National University, 2015 - (Rode, A.). O 21. ISBN 978 0 64694 286 5.
[COLA 2015. International Conference on Laser Ablation 2015. 31.08.2015-04.09.2015, Cairns]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP108/11/1312
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : photoluminescence * rare earth * fluoride * surface plasmon resonance * aluminium
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism

We report on excitation of the photoluminescence of rare earth doped fluoride by means of the surface plasmon resonance of Al layer. The advantage of this method is high efficiency of the excitation, which is applicable to ultra-thin films. The p-polarized UV diode laser light is coupled to surface plasmon resonance using a fused silica prism in a Kretschman configuration. The angular dependence of reflected intensity is measured using a theta-2theta goniometer. The surface plasmon at resonance condition induces the luminescence in the adjacent doped fluoride layer. The luminescence is collected using a fiber optics and detected by a spectrophotometer. For the experiment, we used pure LiF films and doped by Eu, Pr and Yb. The fluoride layer was deposited on Al-coated fused silica substrate by electron beam evaporation. For the experiment, we prepared several samples with thickness up-to 20 nm.
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