Fluorescence excitation by enhanced plasmon upconversion under continuous wave illumination
PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS, vol.21, pp.32-43, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 21
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.photonics.2016.06.001
- Journal Name: PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.32-43
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
We demonstrate effective background-free continuous wave nonlinear optical excitation of molecules that are sandwiched between asymmetrically constructed plasmonic gold nanoparticle clusters. We observe that near infrared photons are converted to visible photons through efficient plasmonic second harmonic generation. Our theoretical model and simulations demonstrate that Fano resonances may be responsible for being able to observe nonlinear conversion using a continuous wave light source. We show that nonlinearity enhancement of plasmonic nanostructures via coupled quantum mechanical oscillators such as molecules can be several orders larger as compared to their classical counterparts. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.