Open AccessSurface plasmon coupling with radiating dipole for enhancing the emission efficiency of a light-emitting diode
Author(s) -
YaoHaur Kuo,
Shao-Ying Ting,
CheHao Liao,
Jih-Jeng Huang,
Chih-Yen Chen,
Chieh Hsieh,
Yen-Cheng Lu,
ChengYen Chen,
Kun-Ching Shen,
ChungHsin Lu,
Dong-Ming Yeh,
Jyh-Yang Wang,
Wen-Hung Chuang,
YeanWoei Kiang,
C. C. Yang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.00a914
Subject(s) - dipole , physics , spontaneous emission , optics , coupling (piping) , radiative transfer , quantum efficiency , diode , optoelectronics , surface plasmon , effective radiated power , polarization (electrochemistry) , magnetic dipole , atomic physics , materials science , radiation , plasmon , laser , chemistry , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
The experimental demonstrations of light-emitting diode (LED) fabrication with surface plasmon (SP) coupling with the radiating dipoles in its quantum wells are first reviewed. The SP coupling with a radiating dipole can create an alternative emission channel through SP radiation for enhancing the effective internal quantum efficiency when the intrinsic non-radiative recombination rate is high, reducing the external quantum efficiency droop effect at high current injection levels, and producing partially polarized LED output by inducing polarization-sensitive SP for coupling. Then, we report the theoretical and numerical study results of SP-dipole coupling based on a simple coupling model between a radiating dipole and the SP induced on a nearby Ag nanoparticle (NP). To include the dipole strength variation effect caused by the field distribution built in the coupling system (the feedback effect), the radiating dipole is represented by a saturable two-level system. The spectral and dipole-NP distance dependencies of dipole strength variation and total radiated power enhancement of the coupling system are demonstrated and interpreted. The results show that the dipole-SP coupling can enhance the total radiated power. The enhancement is particularly effective when the feedback effect is included and hence the dipole strength is increased.