Waveguide-modulated surface plasmon-coupled emission of Nile blue in poly(vinyl alcohol) thin films

Ignacy Gryczynski; Joanna Malicka; Kazimierz Nowaczyk; Zygmunt Gryczynski; Joseph R. Lakowicz

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.312

Waveguide-modulated surface plasmon-coupled emission of Nile blue in poly(vinyl alcohol) thin films

Ignacy Gryczynski, Joanna Malicka, Kazimierz Nowaczyk, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Joseph R. Lakowicz

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Abstract

Surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE) phenomenon is the coupling of excited fluorophores near a silver film with surface plasmons, resulting in directional emission into the underlying glass substrates. We report a complex coupling of Nile Blue fluorophore with 50 nm silver mirror, resulting in emission at several angles in the glass substrate, with either s or p polarization. This complex pattern of directional and polarized emission appears to be due to optical waveguide effects occurring when the sample thickness becomes comparable to the emission wavelength. We expect waveguide-modulated SPCE to have applications to biophysics and sensing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-20
Number of pages	6
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	510
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.312
State	Published - 3 Jul 2006

Keywords

Nile Blue
Silver film
Surface plasmon-coupled emission
Waveguide

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Waveguide-modulated surface plasmon-coupled emission of Nile blue in poly(vinyl alcohol) thin films

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