Display options
Share it on

Opt Lett. 2014 Sep 01;39(17):4994-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.39.004994.

Absorption enhancement of molecules in the weak plasmon-exciton coupling regime.

Optics letters

Sinan Balci, Ertugrul Karademir, Coskun Kocabas, Atilla Aydinli

PMID: 25166057 DOI: 10.1364/OL.39.004994

Abstract

We report on the experimental and theoretical investigations of enhancing the optical absorption of organic molecules in the weak plasmon-exciton coupling regime. A metal-organic hybrid structure consisting of dye molecules embedded in the polymer matrix is placed in close vicinity to thin metal films. We have observed a transition from a weak coupling regime to a strong coupling one as the thickness of the metal layer increases. The results indicate that absorption of the self-assembled J-aggregate nanostructures can be increased in the weak plasmon-exciton coupling regime and strongly quenched in the strong coupling regime. A theoretical model based on the transfer-matrix method qualitatively confirms the experimental results obtained from polarization-dependent spectroscopic reflection measurements.

Publication Types