Communication “Advanced Optical Materials”

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Metal–Polymer–Metal Split-Dipole Nanoantennas

  1. Deirdre M. O'Carroll1,2,*,
  2. James S. Fakonas3,
  3. Dennis M. Callahan3,
  4. Martin Schierhorn4,
  5. Harry A. Atwater3

Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103396

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 23, pages OP136–OP142, June 19, 2012

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How to Cite

O'Carroll, D. M., Fakonas, J. S., Callahan, D. M., Schierhorn, M. and Atwater, H. A. (2012), Metal–Polymer–Metal Split-Dipole Nanoantennas. Adv. Mater., 24: OP136–OP142. doi: 10.1002/adma.201103396

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Materials Science and EngineeringV, Rutgers University, 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

  3. 3

    Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA

*Department of Materials Science and EngineeringV, Rutgers University, 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 JUN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 22 MAR 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 29 NOV 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 3 SEP 2011

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Keywords:

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

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