Tesi sul tema "Plasmons Tamm"

Les plasmons Tamm, ou modes Tamm optiques, sont des modes électromagnétiques présents à l'interface entre un miroir de Bragg (DBR) et une couche métallique. Ces modes présentent un fort intérêt pour la réalisation de nouvelles sources de lumière, notamment grâce à la partie métallique, qui peut d'une part fournir un contrôle et un confinement micrométrique à trois dimensions du mode optique, et d'autre part assurer l'injection d'un courant électrique dans la structure pour y exciter un milieu émetteur. De nombreuses sources de lumière pourraient être réalisées grâce à cette double fonction du métal, comme des sources polarisées intégrées, des générateurs de plasmons de surface ou encore des tableaux de laser adressables à grande échelle. Mon travail de doctorat a consisté à pousser les sources de lumière Tamm vers l'applicatif, en développant leur fonctionnement à température ambiante et en excitation électrique, par opposition aux démonstrations à température cryogénique et en pompage optique effectuées jusqu'alors. Ce développement a été effectué sur des structures semi-conductrices basées sur des alliages ternaires d'AlGaAs, mais est hautement transposable à d'autres familles de matériaux. La première partie de ce travail s'est concentrée sur l'obtention d'un effet laser à température ambiante. Grâce à une amélioration de la structure, consistant à insérer une couche de bas indice entre le DBR semi-conducteur et le métal, les pertes ohmiques dans ce dernier ont été réduites, ce qui a permis d'atteindre le régime laser à température ambiante. Le second volet de cette thèse concerne l'injection électrique des sources de lumière à mode Tamm. Partant d'un DBR dopé, deux procédés de micro-structuration en salle blanche ont été élaborés pour permettre cette injection. Le premier, inspiré de techniques usuelles de micro-fabrication, n'a pas fait ses preuves, en raison de la dégradation de la surface du DBR par certaines étapes classiques de structuration, et de la forte sensibilité du plasmon Tamm à la composition de surface du DBR. Nous avons donc développé une méthode de structuration alternative. Son originalité repose dans la protection permanente de la surface du DBR destinée au contact avec le métal. Cette nouvelle méthode a permis la fabrication des premières diodes électroluminescentes basées sur l'émission dans un mode Tamm. Leur caractérisation a montré la réussite de l'excitation du plasmon Tamm par l'injection électrique des émetteurs à puits quantiques, et prouve la possibilité d'utiliser un unique élément métallique pour confiner le mode optique et injecter les porteurs de charge. Ces résultats constituent une étape importante vers le développement d'une variété de sources de lumière intégrées utilisant les modes Tamm
Tamm plasmons, or optical Tamm states, are electromagnetic modes that exist at the interface between a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) and a metallic layer. They are of high interest for the design of new light sources, thanks to the metallic part, which can provide 3D confinement and control of the optical mode but also electrical injection of the structure, in order to excite light emitters. Many light emitting devices could be realised using this dual function, such as integrated polarised light sources, surface plasmon generators or large-scale addressable laser arrays. This PhD work mainly consisted in pushing Tamm light emitting devices towards applicability, with the development of their room-temperature operation and electrical pumping, as opposed to previous demonstrations which were carried out under cryogenic temperature and optical pumping. Semiconducting heterostructures based on ternary alloys of AlGaAs were used for this development, but our results are highly transposable to other families of materials. The first part of this work focused on obtaining a laser effect at room temperature. By improving the structure with the insertion of a low-index layer between the semiconductor DBR and the metal, the ohmic losses in the metal were reduced, thus enabling lasing operation at room temperature. The second part of this work was about achieving the electrical injection of Tamm-based light sources. Starting from a doped DBR with quantum wells, we developed two processes, mostly based on cleanroom microfabrication techniques, to enable electrical injection. The first one, inspired by common microfabrication techniques, has not proved to be successful, due to the degradation of the DBR surface by some standard fabrication steps, and to the strong sensitivity of the Tamm plasmon to the surface composition of the DBR. Therefore, we developed a second method. Its originality lies in a permanent protection of the part of the DBR on which the metallic element will be deposited to form the Tamm mode and inject electrical current. This new method allowed the fabrication of the first light-emitting diodes based on Tamm mode emission. With electro-optical measurements, we demonstrated the excitation of the Tamm plasmon state through electrical pumping of the quantum wells, and proved the possibility to use a single metallic element to confine the optical mode and bring charge carriers into the structure. These results are an important step towards the development of new integrated light emitting devices using Tamm modes

Ce travail de thèse porte sur l'étude expérimentale de structures à plasmons Tamm actives, composées d'une couche d'argent déposée sur un miroir de Bragg semiconduc­ teur AlGaAs/GaAs contenant des puits quantiques InGaAs. Après une description des modes Tamm et de leurs propriétés planaires, nous nous sommes intéressés plus parti­ culièrement aux structures à plasmons Tamm confinés par un micro-disque de métal. Des mesures de photoluminescence ont permis de mettre en évidence un effet laser dans ces structures. Une étude approfondie a montré une évolution du seuil laser en fonction du diamètre du disque, résultant d'un compromis entre confinement et pertes. Dans un second temps, nous avons étudié la réponse optique de structures à plasmon Tamm asy­ métriques, où le plasmon Tamm est confiné par des micro-rectangles. Cette asymétrie lève la dégénérescence en énergie qui existe entre les deux modes linéairement polarisés de la structure. Ceci, associé à un fort désaccord spectral entre l'émission des puits et le plasmon Tamm, permet d'obtenir une émission laser linéairement polarisée . Enfin, nous présentons l'étude d'une structure à plasmon Tamm comportant un réseau permettant le couplage du plasmon Tamm au plasmon de surface de l'interface air/argent. Grâce à des mesures tirant parti de l'aspect propagatif des modes, nous avons mis en évidence un battement entre plasmon Tamm et plasmon de surface
This thesis focuses on the experimental study of actives Tamm plasmons structures, consisting in a layer of silver deposited on a AlGaAs/GaAs semiconductor Bragg mir­ ror which con.tains InGaAs quantum wells. After describing Tamm planar modes and their properties, we focused particularly on structures where Tamm plasmons are la­ terally confined by a metallic micro-disk. Photoluminescence measurements have been carried out in order to demonstrate lasing in these structures. A comprehensive study has shown a change in the lasing threshold with the diameter of the disk, resulting from a compromise between the confinement and the lasses. Secondly, we studied the optical response of asymmetric Tamm plasmon structures, where the Tamm plasmon is confined by micro-rectangles. This asymmetry lifts the degeneracy of energy between the two linearly polarized modes of the structure. Combined with a strong spectral de­ tuning between the quantum wells emission and the Tamm plasmon, this allows linearly polarized laser emission to set-up. Finally, we present the study of a Tamm plasmon structure comprising a gratting to couple the Tamm plasmon to the surface plasmon at the silver/air interface. Thanks to propagation measurements, we have highlighted the beating between Tamm plasmon and surface plasmon modes

Les capteurs d'indice de réfraction sont très largement employés dans l'industrie et la santé. Ils trouvent des applications aussi bien en contrôle de qualité que pour la détection d'espèces en chimie et biochimie. Si l'utilisation de plasmons de surface pour ces applications est très répandue, ceux-ci souffrent néanmoins de défauts, parmi lesquels de faibles facteurs de qualité. Plusieurs solutions existent pour résoudre ce problème, tels que le couplage avec d'autres modes de résonance ou l'utilisation d'effets magnéto-optiques.Dans ce travail, nous nous intéressons aux modes de Tamm optiques, aussi appelés plasmons de Tamm, et à leurs avantages pour la réalisation de capteurs d'indice de réfraction. Nous étudions dans un premier temps numériquement les modes de Tamm pouvant êtres excités en utilisant une surface structurée, composée d'un réseau de nanorubans, ainsi que l'influence sur la sensibilité de l'utilisation d'un tel réseau.Nous confrontons ensuite ces résultats numériques à l'expérience en fabriquant et en caractérisant un capteur d'indice de réfraction basé sur ce principe.Nous explorons pour finir l'utilisation d'effets magnéto-optiques (TMOKE) pour améliorer ce capteur, de façon analogue aux travaux menés dans le cadre des capteurs plasmoniques
Refractive index sensors are widely used in industry and health sectors. They find applications in quality control as well as for species detection in chemistry and biochemistry. Although the use of surface plasmons for these applications is widespread, they nevertheless suffer from shortcomings, including low quality factors. Several solutions exist to solve this problem, such as coupling with other resonance modes or using magneto-optical effects.In this work, we focus on optical Tamm modes, also called Tamm plasmons, and their advantages for the realization of refractive index sensors. We first study numerically the Tamm modes that can be excited on a structured surface, using a nanoribbon grating, as well as the influence on the sensitivity of such a grating.We then confront these numerical results with experience by fabricating and characterizing a refractive index sensor based on this principle.We finally explore the use of magneto-optical effects (TMOKE) to improve this sensor, in a way similar to the work carried out in the context of plasmonic sensors

The subject of this thesis is the investigation of organic microcavities with implemented unstructured and laterally structured metal layers. The optical properties are studied by means of various spectroscopic techniques and are compared to conventional metal-free devices. It is shown that the large expected absorption caused by the embedded metal is reduced compared to the case of a free-standing metal layer of the same thickness. As a consequence of the interaction of the photonic cavity mode with the metallic structures, two new coupled modes emerge which are called Tamm plasmons. The strength of this coupling and the resulting spectral difference of these modes are defined by the thickness of both the metal layer and the adjacent dielectric layers. These control parameters enable the optimization of the structural design. Accordingly, coherent emission from Tamm plasmons is realized at room temperature. An analytical approach is developed accounting for the experimentally observed polarization splitting of detuned resonances. Next, laterally structured metal layers embedded into organic microcavities are considered. The structuring leads to a confinement of the photonic density of states evident from a clear discretization in energy of the corresponding modes. Applying a photolithographic technique to structure the metal layer into a pattern of regularly placed stripes leads to additional effects due to the resulting periodicity. By exciting this hybrid structure above a certain threshold, periodic arrays of localized cavity modes and metal-based Tamm plasmons are generated. These Bloch-like excited states are capable of phase coupling across the grating. Additionally, surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are excited propagating at the interface of the silver and the adjacent dielectric layers. Thanks to the periodicity of the metallic stripes, SPPs are subject to efficient Bragg scattering into the light cone in air. Modes up to order number 30 are detectable as quasi-linear periodic lines in the dispersion pattern. A Fourier analysis reveals an in- or out-of-phase coupling of the modes and a spread of the coherence over macroscopic distances of more than 40 µm. This strategy of embedding metal patterns into an organic microcavity yields a viable route towards electrically contacted organic solid-state lasers
In dieser Arbeit werden erstmals dünne, unstrukturierte sowie lateral strukturierte metallische Schichten in organische Mikroresonatoren eingebettet und anschließend die optischen Eigenschaften mittels spektroskopischer Verfahren untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die erwarteten hohen optischen Verluste durch die Absorption des elektrischen Feldes im Metall deutlich reduziert sind, verglichen mit dem Fall einer freistehenden, nicht eingebetteten Metallschicht gleicher Dicke. Als Folge der Wechselwirkung der photonischen Kavitätsmode mit dem Metall spaltet diese in zwei miteinander gekoppelte Moden auf. Diese neuartigen Moden werden als Tamm-Plasmonen bezeichnet. Die Kopplung sowie die spektrale Differenz beider Moden ist zum einen durch die optischen Eigenschaften und die Dicke der eingebetteten Metallschicht definiert, zum anderen durch die optische Dicke der angrenzenden dielektrischen Schichten. Dadurch ist eine Optimierung des Systems im Hinblick auf Absorption und Emissionswellenlänge der Bauteile möglich, so dass selbst bei Raumtemperatur kohärente Emission eines Tamm-Zustands erzielt werden kann. Eine erarbeitete analytische Rechnung bestätigt und erklärt die experimentell gemessene, polarisationsabhängige Aufspaltung der auftretenden resonanten Moden. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit sind organische Mikroresonatoren, deren eingebettete Metallschicht in lateraler Richtung auf verschiedene Weisen strukturiert sind, Gegenstand der Untersuchungen. Als Folge dieser Strukturierung kommt es zur lateralen Beschränkung der photonischen Zustandsdichte, was durch eine Diskretisierung der Energiespektren der resultierenden optischen Moden experimentell nachweisbar ist. Werden periodische Metallstreifen mittels Photolithographie erzeugt, so kommt es neben einer weiteren Beeinflussung der Zustandsdichte auch zu Effekten, die durch diese Periodizität bedingt sind. Entsprechend reproduziert sich die Kavitätsmode mehrfach im Impulsraum. Oberflächenplasmonen, die auf der Grenzfläche zwischen dem Metall und den dielektrischen Schichten propagieren, werden auf Grund der Periodizität bis in den experimentell zugänglichen Lichtkegel gestreut. Dabei werden Plasmonenresonanzen bis hin zur 30. Ordnung gemessen. Im letzten Experiment werden derart periodisch strukturierte Metall-Organik-Mikroresonatoren auf ihre Lasertätigkeit hin untersucht. Eine lokal begrenzte optische Anregung mittels eines gepulsten Lasers führt zur Ausbildung verschiedener Bloch-ähnlicher Moden, deren Kohärenz sich lateral bis zu 40 µm ausbreitet. Eine Fourieranalyse zeigt eindeutige und feste Phasenbeziehungen zwischen angrenzenden Maxima der Moden. Zusammenfassend ergeben sich interessante metall-organische Systeme, die minimale Absorption und niedrige Laserschwellen aufweisen und die prinzipielle Eignung zur elektrischen Kontaktierung besitzen

We discuss approaches to increase the light outcoupling efficiency in organic microcavity (MC) lasers and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). We find that the introduction of metals into the cavities leads to additional Tamm-plasmon polariton modes, while the corrugation of metal contacts, such as perforated m-size holes or a periodic array of metal stripes, leads to 2D confinement of the cavity modes, which in turn reduces the lasing threshold in MCs. Furthermore, we elucidate light loss mechanisms in OLEDs and reveal how external dielectric layers and periodic gratings can be used to enhance outcoupling from the OLED cavity.

Exziton-Polaritonen in Mikrokavitäten sind Quasi-Teilchen, die unter bestimmten physikalischen Konditionen kondensieren und damit in einen energetisch gleichen, gemeinsamen makroskopischen Quantenzustand (MQZ) übergehen können. Exziton-Polariton-Kondensate können mithilfe von akustischen Oberflächenwellen moduliert werden, um ihre Eigenschaften zu verändern. Dies ist insbesondere von großer Relevanz für zukünftige Anwendungen. In dieser Arbeit wurden die Struktur sowie die Dynamik der Exziton-Polariton-Kondensate in den durch die akustischen Oberflächenwellen erzeugten quadratischen Gittern untersucht. Es wurde dazu die Wellenfunktion der Exziton-Polariton-Kondensate im Rahmen der spektroskopischen und zeitaufgelösten Messungen im Orts- und Impulsraum abgebildet. Die MQZ wurden in einer optisch-parametrischen Oszillatorkonfiguration resonant angeregt. Die spektroskopischen Messungen zeigten, dass Exziton-Polariton-Kondensate in akustischen quadratischen Gittern aus unterschiedlichen MQZ, nämlich aus einem zwei-dimensionalen Gap-Soliton (2D GS) umgeben von mehreren ein-dimensionalen MQZ, und einem inkohärenten Strahlungshintergrund zusammengesetzt sind. Im Rahmen der zeitaufgelösten Experimente wurde die Dynamik der Wellenfunktion des 2D GS untersucht. Die zeitaufgelösten Ergebnisse zeigten, dass sowohl die Intensität der von dem 2D GS emittierten Photolumineszenz (PL) als auch die Kohärenzlänge des 2D GS zeitlich oszillieren. Die Intensität der PL und die Kohärenzlänge hängen von der Anregungsleistung, der Größe des Laserspots sowie von der relativen Position des akustischen Gitters und dem Laserspot ab. Im Ausblick dieser Arbeit wurde theoretisch die Anregung von Tamm-Plasmon/Exziton- Polaritonen (TPEP) sowie deren Modulation mithilfe von akustischen Oberflächenwellen diskutiert. TPEP entstehen durch die Superposition der in der Grenzschicht zwischen Mikrokavität und Metall angeregten Tamm-Plasmonen und den in der Mikrokavität erzeugten Exziton-Polaritonen.
Microcavity (MC) exciton-polaritons can form condensates, i.e. macroscopic quantum states (MQSs), as well under a periodic potential modulation. The modulation by a surface acoustic wave (SAW) provides a powerful tool for the formation of tunable lattices of MQSs in semiconductor MC. In this work, fundamental aspects of the structure and dynamics of exciton-polariton condensate in acoustic square lattices were investigated by probing its wavefunction in real- and momentum space using spectral- and time-resolved studies. The MQSs were resonantly excited in an optical parametric oscillator configuration. The tomographic study revealed that the exciton-polariton condensate structure self-organises in a concentric structure, which consists of a single, two-dimensional gap soliton (2D GS) surrounded by one-dimensional MQSs and an incoherent background. 2D GS size tends to saturate with increasing particle density. The experimental results are supported by a theoretical model based on the variational solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Time-resolved studies showed the evolution of the 2D GS wavefunction at the acoustic velocity. Interestingly, the photoluminescence (PL) intensity emitted by the 2D GS as well as its coherence length oscillate with time. The PL oscillation amplitude depends on the intensity and the size of the exciting laser spot, and increases considerably for excitation intensities close to the optical threshold power for the formation of the MQS. In the outlook, the formation of Tamm-Plasmon/Exciton-Polariton (TPEP) hybrid states and their modulation by SAWs was theoretically discussed. Here, the upper DBR is partly replaced by a thin metal layer placed on top of the MC. In this case, TPEP form by the superposition of Tamm plasmons at the metal-semiconductor interface and the exciton-polaritons in the MC.

Organic microcavities comprising the host:guest emitter system Alq3:DCM offer an interesting playground to experimentally study the dispersion characteristics of laterally patterned microlasers due to the broad emission spectrum and large oscillator strength of the organic dye. By structuring of metallic or dielectric sublayers directly on top of the bottom mirror, we precisely manipulate the mode structure and in fluence the coherent emission properties of the device. Embedding silver layers into a microcavity leads to an interaction of the optical cavity-state in the organic layer and the neighboring metal which red-shifts the cavity resonance, creating a Tamm-plasmon-polariton state. A patterning of the metal can in turn be exploited to fabricate deep photonic wells of micron-size, efficiently confining light in lateral direction. In periodic arrays of silver wires, we create a Kronig-Penney-like optical potential in the cavity and in turn observe optical Bloch states spanning over several photonic wires. We modify the Kronig-Penney theory to analytically describe the full far-field emission dispersion of our cavities and show the emergence of either zero- , π-, or 2π- phase-locking in the system. By investigating periodic SiO2 patterns, we experimentally observe stimulated emission from the ground and different excited discrete states at room temperature and are able to directly control the laser emission from both extended and confined modes of the photonic wires at room-temperature.

The subject of this thesis is the investigation of organic microcavities with implemented unstructured and laterally structured metal layers. The optical properties are studied by means of various spectroscopic techniques and are compared to conventional metal-free devices. It is shown that the large expected absorption caused by the embedded metal is reduced compared to the case of a free-standing metal layer of the same thickness. As a consequence of the interaction of the photonic cavity mode with the metallic structures, two new coupled modes emerge which are called Tamm plasmons. The strength of this coupling and the resulting spectral difference of these modes are defined by the thickness of both the metal layer and the adjacent dielectric layers. These control parameters enable the optimization of the structural design. Accordingly, coherent emission from Tamm plasmons is realized at room temperature. An analytical approach is developed accounting for the experimentally observed polarization splitting of detuned resonances. Next, laterally structured metal layers embedded into organic microcavities are considered. The structuring leads to a confinement of the photonic density of states evident from a clear discretization in energy of the corresponding modes. Applying a photolithographic technique to structure the metal layer into a pattern of regularly placed stripes leads to additional effects due to the resulting periodicity. By exciting this hybrid structure above a certain threshold, periodic arrays of localized cavity modes and metal-based Tamm plasmons are generated. These Bloch-like excited states are capable of phase coupling across the grating. Additionally, surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are excited propagating at the interface of the silver and the adjacent dielectric layers. Thanks to the periodicity of the metallic stripes, SPPs are subject to efficient Bragg scattering into the light cone in air. Modes up to order number 30 are detectable as quasi-linear periodic lines in the dispersion pattern. A Fourier analysis reveals an in- or out-of-phase coupling of the modes and a spread of the coherence over macroscopic distances of more than 40 µm. This strategy of embedding metal patterns into an organic microcavity yields a viable route towards electrically contacted organic solid-state lasers.
In dieser Arbeit werden erstmals dünne, unstrukturierte sowie lateral strukturierte metallische Schichten in organische Mikroresonatoren eingebettet und anschließend die optischen Eigenschaften mittels spektroskopischer Verfahren untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die erwarteten hohen optischen Verluste durch die Absorption des elektrischen Feldes im Metall deutlich reduziert sind, verglichen mit dem Fall einer freistehenden, nicht eingebetteten Metallschicht gleicher Dicke. Als Folge der Wechselwirkung der photonischen Kavitätsmode mit dem Metall spaltet diese in zwei miteinander gekoppelte Moden auf. Diese neuartigen Moden werden als Tamm-Plasmonen bezeichnet. Die Kopplung sowie die spektrale Differenz beider Moden ist zum einen durch die optischen Eigenschaften und die Dicke der eingebetteten Metallschicht definiert, zum anderen durch die optische Dicke der angrenzenden dielektrischen Schichten. Dadurch ist eine Optimierung des Systems im Hinblick auf Absorption und Emissionswellenlänge der Bauteile möglich, so dass selbst bei Raumtemperatur kohärente Emission eines Tamm-Zustands erzielt werden kann. Eine erarbeitete analytische Rechnung bestätigt und erklärt die experimentell gemessene, polarisationsabhängige Aufspaltung der auftretenden resonanten Moden. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit sind organische Mikroresonatoren, deren eingebettete Metallschicht in lateraler Richtung auf verschiedene Weisen strukturiert sind, Gegenstand der Untersuchungen. Als Folge dieser Strukturierung kommt es zur lateralen Beschränkung der photonischen Zustandsdichte, was durch eine Diskretisierung der Energiespektren der resultierenden optischen Moden experimentell nachweisbar ist. Werden periodische Metallstreifen mittels Photolithographie erzeugt, so kommt es neben einer weiteren Beeinflussung der Zustandsdichte auch zu Effekten, die durch diese Periodizität bedingt sind. Entsprechend reproduziert sich die Kavitätsmode mehrfach im Impulsraum. Oberflächenplasmonen, die auf der Grenzfläche zwischen dem Metall und den dielektrischen Schichten propagieren, werden auf Grund der Periodizität bis in den experimentell zugänglichen Lichtkegel gestreut. Dabei werden Plasmonenresonanzen bis hin zur 30. Ordnung gemessen. Im letzten Experiment werden derart periodisch strukturierte Metall-Organik-Mikroresonatoren auf ihre Lasertätigkeit hin untersucht. Eine lokal begrenzte optische Anregung mittels eines gepulsten Lasers führt zur Ausbildung verschiedener Bloch-ähnlicher Moden, deren Kohärenz sich lateral bis zu 40 µm ausbreitet. Eine Fourieranalyse zeigt eindeutige und feste Phasenbeziehungen zwischen angrenzenden Maxima der Moden. Zusammenfassend ergeben sich interessante metall-organische Systeme, die minimale Absorption und niedrige Laserschwellen aufweisen und die prinzipielle Eignung zur elektrischen Kontaktierung besitzen.

碩士
國立交通大學
影像與生醫光電研究所
104
A tunable Tamm plasmon device is proposed by filling liquid crystal (LC) molecules in the cell gap between the metal film and one-dimension photonic crystal. The resonance wavelength of Tamm plasmon device can be tuned by changing the temperature and thickness of liquid LC layer. Experimental results show that the resonance wavelength shows a redshift when the thickness or refractive index of LC layer is increased. When the cell gap of LC layer is ~150 nm, the resonance wavelength can shift ~1.2 nm while the refractive index is changed by 0.01.

碩士
國立交通大學
影像與生醫光電研究所
107
Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs) resonance can be excited within the stopband of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) by combining a thin metal film. In this work, the proposed TPPs hydrogen sensor is with palladium (Pd) on the top. When reacting with the hydrogen gas, the TPP resonance wavelength will be red-shifted due to the hydrogen-induced palladium lattice expansion. By utilizing the DBR-side TPP structure, the near-zero reflectance can be achieved, leading to more than 3 orders of magnitude changes in reflectance compared to metal-side TPP structure. The proposed TPP hydrogen structure enables to detect with low H2 concentration in N2 at visible wavelengths. The sensitivity of proposed TPP hydrogen sensor have a linear response from 0.5 vol.% to 4 vol.% H2 in N2, which has the limit of detection (LOD) about 0.29 vol.%.

碩士
國立交通大學
影像與生醫光電研究所
105
Optical Tamm state is a localized surface mode that plamonic resonance occurred at the boundary between a photonic crystal and metal. Conventional optical Tamm states have been used distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) as the photonic crystal. By varying the thickness of the top layer of DBR or making DBR porous, it could possibly tune the resonant wavelengths. However, it is very difficult to control the quality or modify the thickness of DBR after a sample is fabricated. In this thesis, we choose 3D photonic crystal fabricated by nanosphere to replace DBR to excite optical Tamm state. This structure is called "Hybrid Photonic Crystal ". Hybird photonic crystal can easily tune the resonant wavelengths of Tamm state by changing the environment. In the second part of this thesis, we report the titanium nitride (TiN) as an alternative plasmonic material in visible and near-infrared region. The multi-target magnetron co-sputter system with combined high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) is used to fabricate TiN thin film. The optimization processing condition as well as optical characterization of TiN is introduced. We also replace the metal in optical Tamm state structure by TiN thin film to observe the Tamm plasmon resonance.

碩士
國立交通大學
光電系統研究所
104
Tamm plasmon (TP) is a plasmonic resonance at the boundary between a photonic crystal (PC) and a metal. It can be directly excited in both the TE and TM polarizations. In this work, a TP structure is proposed with a ZnO thin film either sandwiched between the metal layer and the PC or placed above the metal layer. By controlling the refractive index of the ZnO thin film with annealing and UV illumination, the resonance wavelength of the TP structure shows a blueshift.

碩士
國立交通大學
影像與生醫光電研究所
104
This thesis proposes a refractive index sensing concept of a Tamm plasmon structure by using spectroscopic ellipsometry. The sensing performance can be enhanced by adjusting the incident angle, central wavelength and top layer thickness of the photonic crystal. It was found that the phase change of the difference of s and p wave phases from ambient air to CO2 can reach 44° by optimizing experimental condition and Tamm plasmon structure. Assuming the phase accuracy for a commercial ellipsometer is at a level of about 0.001°, a refractive index resolution of ~4× 10-9 RIU for the present scheme can be obtained.

碩士
國立交通大學
影像與生醫光電研究所
103
Plasmonic resonance has received enormous attention for the past few decades due to its extraordinary behavior and nanoscale localization of immense electromagnetic fields. A Tamm plasmon polariton is a plasmonic resonance excited at the boundary between a photonic crystal and a metal. Many recent studies have shown that the resonance phenomena can be tuned by varying the thickness of the metal film or the photonic crystal. Although this behavior of a TP resonance has been demonstrated by simulation and experiment, the mechanism behind λTP shifting and variation of resonance coupling efficiency has been less studied. Also a systematic approach to design TP resonances at specific wavelengths and optimize the coupling efficiency remains unstudied. In this article, a novel approach based on admittance loci is proposed to demonstrate the relation between thin-film structures and the corresponding Tamm plasmon modes. The tunability of the resonance wavelength and optimization of coupling efficiency are demonstrated. In addition, by using different metals to couple Tamm plasmon modes in the visible spectrum, silver has 4.7 times larger Q-factor than gold and 84 times larger than aluminum at 700 nm. The near-field enhancement of silver Tamm plasmon modes could be up to 8 times larger than incident EM waves.

碩士
國立交通大學
影像與生醫光電研究所
106
Electrons and holes coupled by the Coulomb force in semiconductors could form the quasi-particle, which is so called exciton. The exciton strongly couples with photon and produce the exciton-polariton. The coupling would split to two polariton branches: upper polariton branch (UPB) and lower polariton branch(LPB). Exciton-polaritons have the small effective mass and has the similar properties of bosons. Therefore, it can be an ideal candidates to observe the Bose–Einstein condensation at room temperature. The exciton-polariton laser generated by dynamical condensates is a low threshold novel coherent light source. In this study, the ZnO based Tamm plasmon polariton (TPP) ultraviolet laser is realized. TPP provides the strong electric field confinements in the active layer with excitons. The strong coupling of exciton polariton is at 373 nm and the large Rabi-splitting about 140 meV is observed. The corresponding lasing behaviors, such as threshold energy, linewidth, angular dispersion curve are verified. These results afford a basis to understand the exciton-Tamm polaritons lasing mechanisms.

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國立中山大學
光電工程學系研究所
106
Tamm surface plasmon wave is a surface wave that is confined to the interface between a metal and a one-dimensional photonic crystal, it can be produced by both TM amd TE polarization at any incident angles. In this paper, a device consisted of liquid crystal and distributed Bragg reflector is simulated by using Transfer Matrix Method. First, calculating reflection and transmission coefficient in liquid crystal layer by using electromagnetic boundary conditions. Second, calculating reflectivity by using interface and propagation matrix. Next, when liquid crystal is tuned angle, we analyze refleciotn, band gap and field diagram in simulation. Finally, we discuss the relationship that is between resonance wavelength and Tamm plasmon wave, furthermore, we change the thickness in other layers and discuss their influence to resonance wavelength. In conclusion, this research confirms Tamm Plasmonic device experiment result (NCTU, Dr. Jeng, Shie-Chang) and discuss them.

碩士
國立交通大學
光電系統研究所
108
Tamm plasma-polariton (TPP) resonance is a confined state at the interface between a distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) and a metal layer. Generally, the TPP can be excited by normal illumination and TE- (TM-) polarization. TPP devices are not easy to dynamically tune the Q-factor after the sample is fabricated. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a special class of resonances between DBR and a metal film, which can tune the Q-factor from finite to infinity – that is called “Tamm plasmon-polariton bound states in the continuum” (TPP-BIC). Because the anisotropic material is inserted into the structure, the TPP energy was released into TM-wave. Then we can freely rotate the incident light beam along with the Brewster angle cone to transform TPP-BIC to quasi-TPP-BIC. The azimuthal angle ϕ between the incidence plane and the anisotropic layer optical axis governs the Q factor of quasi-TPP-BIC.

碩士
國立交通大學
光電系統研究所
107
Tamm plasmon device is proposed by inserting a polyimide (PI) film between the metal film and the photonic crystal (PC). The resonance wavelength of the proposed Tamm plasmon device is studied while changing the thickness and refractive index of PI film. The refractive index of the PI film can be changed by UV light and the rubbing process. The anisotropy of refractive index of the PI film can be measured by the proposed Tamm plasmon device. A sensitivity of δλ/δn ~112.5 nm/RIU can be obtained for the proposed TP device.

碩士
國立交通大學
電子物理系所
107
Conventional surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic waves propagating at metal surface or the interface between metal and dielectric with TM polarization. Since their wave vector lie outside of the light cone in vacuum, SPPs cannot be excited directly through the planar structures composed of isotropic dielectric media due to the momentum mismatch. In contrast to SPPs, Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs) can be formed at the interface between a metallic thin film and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) with in-plane dispersion lying within the light cone. The Tamm structure can be viewed as a Fabry-Perot cavity with optical modes confined in the dielectric layer sandwiched between the DBR and the metal layer. The TPPs resonant wavelength can be tuned by adjusting the thickness of the top metallic film and the dielectric cavity layer. In this work, we demonstrate the strong coupling of TPPs and excitons of monolayer WSe2. By embedding a monolayer WSe2 in the Tamm plasmonic structure and detecting out coupled light from different angle, we can probe the excitonic emission of WSe2 and its interaction with TPPs by Fourier optics techniques.

Nowadays plasmonics is rapidly developing areas from fundamental studies to more application driven research. This dissertation contains three different research topics on plasmonics. In the first research topic, by modulating the zone width of a plasmonic zone plate, we demonstrate that a beam focused by a proposed plasmonic zone plate lens can be achieved with higher intensity and smaller spot size than the diffraction-limited conventional zone plate lens. This sub-diffraction focusing capability is attributed to extraordinary optical transmission, which is explained by the complex propagation constant in the zone regions afforded by higher refractive index dielectric layer and surface plasmons. On the other hand, the resulted diffraction efficiency of this device is relatively low. By introducing a metal/dielectric multilayered zone plate, we present higher field enhancement at the focal point. This higher field enhancement originates not only from surface plasmon polaritons-assisted diffraction process along the propagation direction of the incident light (longitude mode), but also from multiple scattering and coupling of surface plasmons along the metal/dielectric interface (transverse mode). In the second research topic, we suggest a novel concept of SERS-active substrate applications. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement factor supported by gap surface plasmon polaritons is introduced. Due to higher effective refractive index induced by gap surface plasmon polaritons in the spacer region between two metal plates, incident light tends to localize itself mostly in the medium with higher refractive index than its adjacent ones and thereby the lights can confine with larger field enhancement. In the last research topic, we offer a simple structure in which a gold dipole antenna is formed on the SiC substrate. Surface phonon polaritons, counterparts of surface plasmon polaritons in the mid-infrared frequencies, are developed. Due to the synergistic action between the conventional dipole antenna coupling and the resonant excitation of surface phonon polaritons, strong field enhancement in the gap region of dipole antenna is attained. Most of research topics above are expected to find promising applications such as maskless nanolithography, high resolution scanning optical microscopy, optical data storage, optical antenna, SERS-active substrate, bio-molecular sensing and highly sensitive photo-detectors.

This dissertation consists of two topics. One is a "Multi-pass Fiber Optic Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor (SPR)" and the other is a "Nano-metallic Surface Plasmon Lens." Since both topics involved surface plasmon, the title of this dissertation is named "Surface plasmon coupled sensor and nanolens." For a multi-pass fiber optic SPR sensor, a fiber optic 4-pass SPR sensor coupled with a field-assist capability for detecting an extremely low concentration of charged particles is first demonstrated. The multipass feature increases the sensitivity by a factor equal to the number of passes. The field-assist feature forces charged particles/molecules to the SPR surface, increasing the sensitivity by an additional factor of about 100. Overall, the sensitivity exceeds the one-pass SPR device by a factor of about 400. A 10 pM concentration of 47 nm diameter polystyrene (PS) latex beads and 1 ?M concentration of salt dissolved in DI water were detected within a few seconds by the combined system. The equivalent index resolution for atomic size corresponding to ionized chlorine in salt is 10-8. This technique offers the potential for sensitive and fast detection of biomolecules in a solution. Secondly, a 44-pass fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor coupled with a field-assist capability for measurement of refractive index change due to positive and negative ions is shown. The field-assist feature forces ions to the SPR surface, causing the SPR signal response to change which reflects a decrease or increase in refractive index depending on whether positive or negative ions are being attracted to the surface. This technique offers the potential for the sensitive detection of cations and anions in a solution. For a nano-metallic surface plasmon lens, we analyze the transmission of a normally incident plane wave through an Ag/dielectric layered concentric ring structure using finite difference time domain (FDTD) analysis. The dependency of the transmission efficiency on the refractive index in slit is studied. The numerical analysis indicates that the focusing beyond diffraction limit is found even at the extended focal length comparable to the distance of 7" from the exit plane using a circularly polarized coherent plane wave, ?=405 nm. Especially, compared to an Ag-only structure, the Ag/ LiNbO3 structure amplifies the transmission power by a factor of 6. Therefore, this Ag/dielectric layered lens has the potential for significantly higher resolution imaging and optical data storage.

Unconventional nanofabrication techniques; both those which have been newly developed and those under development, had brought inexpensive, facile, yet high quality means to fabricate nanostructures that have feature sizes of less than 100 nm in industry and academia. This dissertation focuses on developing unconventional fabrication techniques, building studying platforms, and studying the mechanisms behind them. The studies are divided into two main facets and four chapters. The first facet, in Chapter II and Chapter III, deals with the research and development of different nanofabrication techniques and nanostructures. These techniques include litho-synthesis, colloidal lithography, and photolithography. The nanostructures that were fabricated by these techniques include the metal nanoparticle arrays, and the self-assembled CdSe nanoring arrays. At the same time, the dissertation provides mechanisms and models to describe the physical and chemical nature of these techniques. The second area of this study, in Chapter III to Chapter V, presents the applications of these nanostructures in fundamental studies, i.e. the mechanisms of plasmon enhanced fluorescence and photo-oxidation kinetics of CdSe quantum dots, and applications such as molecular sensing and material fabrication. More specifically, these applications include tuning the optical properties of CdSe quantum dots, biomodification of CdSe quantum dots, and copper ion detection using plasmon and photo enhanced CdSe quantum dots. We have successfully accomplished our research goals in this dissertation. Firstly, we were able to tune the emission wavelength of quantum dots, blue-shifted for up to 45 nm, and their surface functionalization with photo-oxidation. A kinetic model to calculate the photo-oxidation rates was established. Secondly, we established a simple mathematical model to explain the mechanism of plasmon enhanced fluoresce of quantum dots. Our calculation and experimental data support the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism between quantum dots and the metal nanoparticles. Thirdly, we successfully pattered the CdSe quantum dots (diameter ~4 nm) into nanorings with tunable diameters and annular sizes on different substrates. We also established a physical model to quantitatively explain the mechanism with the forces that involved in the formation of the nanorings.

This dissertation focused on the applications of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) technique for the investigation of molecule based electronics, plasmon coupling between CdSe quantum dots and metal nanoparticles (MNPs), and copper ion detection using enhanced emission of CdSe quantum dots (QDs). The SAMs technique provides an approach to establish a robust, two-dimensional and densely packed structure which can be formed on metal or semiconductor surfaces. This allows for the design of molecular assemblies that can be used to understand the details of molecular conduction by employing various electrical testbeds. In this work, the strategy of molecular assemblies was used to pattern metal nanoparticles on GaAs surfaces, thereby furnishing a platform to explore the interactions between QDs and MNPs. The enhanced emission of CdSe QDs by MNPs was then used as a probe for ultrasensitive, cheap, and rapid copper(II) detection. The study is divided into three main facets. The first one aimed at controlling electron transport behavior through porphyrins on surfaces with an eye toward optoelectronic and light harvesting applications. The binding of the porphyrin molecules to Au surfaces, pre-covered with a dodecanethiol matrix, was characterized by FTIR, XPS, AFM, STM, of. This study has shown that the perfluoro coupling group between the porphyrin macrocycle and the thiol tether may provide a means of controlling the tunneling behavior. The second area of this study focused on the design of a simple platform to examine the coupling between metal nanostructures and quantum dot assemblies. Here we demonstrate that by using a patterned array of Au or Ag nanoparticles on GaAs, plasmon enhanced photoluminescence (PL) can be directly measured and quantified by direct scaling of regions with and without metal nanostructures. The third field presented a simple manner for using the enhanced PL of CdSe QDs as a probe for ultrasensitive Cu2+ ion detection and quantitative analysis. The PL of QDs was enhanced by two processes: first, photobrightening of the material, and second, plasmonic enhancement by coupling with Ag nanoprisms. This strong PL leads to a high sensitivity of the QDs over a wide dynamic range for Cu2+ detection, as Cu2+ efficiently quenches the QD emission.

Hematopoietic cells are recruited to and co-opted by the growing tumor making expansive tumor growth possible. Although several cell types become associated with the growing tumor, macrophages play a fundamental role. The movement of macrophages across the basement membrane and through the extracellular matrix to the tumor site requires the activation of proteases, such as plasmin, at their cell surface. The proteolytic aspect of macrophage recruitment may represent an exploitable aspect of tumor growth in terms of therapeutic strategies. Here I show that the S100A10 protein facilitates the infiltration of macrophages into the site of tumor growth by stimulating the generation of the protease plasmin at their surface. Using a mouse model in which wild-type (WT) and S100A10-null mice are inoculated with tumor cells, a decrease in tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and greatly diminished tumor growth in tumors grown in S100A10-null mice was observed. Although tumor growth in S100A10-null mice could be restored by intraperitoneal injection of WT macrophages, S100A10-null macrophages only restored tumor growth when directly injected into the tumor. Lastly, selective depletion of macrophages from a WT mouse by liposome encapsulated clodronate treatment resulted in similar tumor growth deficits as in the S100A10-null mouse. These results highlight a new role for the S100A10 protein in the recruitment of TAMs to the tumor site and demonstrate a potential therapeutic strategy in which the tumor associated cells may be targeted.

Quantum coherence and interference(QCI) effects have been studied for decades and are widely exploited in many areas. For media with QCI effect, the optical properties can change drastically, which leads to many interesting effects, such as coherent population trapping, electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT), lasing without population inversion(LWI) and so on. We have theoretically studied the pulsed regime of EIT. In particular, simulations of propagation of gaussian and 0 - pi co-propagating laser pulses in a medium consisting of 3-level Lambda-atoms have been performed. It has been found that, even at the two-photon resonance, the length of propagation for the 0 - pi pulses is much smaller than that for the Gaussian probe pulses. We explained such a behavior using the dark and bright basis and the dressed state basis. Some possible applications are discussed. We also investigated the collision-induced coherence of two decay channels along two optical transitions. Quantum interference will suppress the spontaneous emission. The degree of this suppression is measured by the branch ratio of these two transitions. Our preliminary calculations show that a significant decrease of the branching ratio with increase of electron densities is reproduced in the theory. We have developed a new variant of Raman spectroscopy with shaped femtosecond pulses. It has several advantages to be applied in multiscatterd media. It is based on change of the spectra of femtopulses due to Raman scattering (stimulated or coherent). The technique can be used for a broad range of applications from atomic and molecular optical and IR spectroscopy to spore detection and tissue microscopy. Finally, we have shown that Fano interference in the decay channels of three levels system can lead to considerably different absorption and emission profiles. We found that a coherence can be built up in the ground state doublet whose strength depends on a coupling parameter that arises from Fano interference. This can in principle lead to breaking of the detail balance between the absorption and emission processes in atomic systems.

Two types of core/shell nanoparticles (CS-NPs) generation based on laser ablation are developed in this study, namely, double pulse laser ablation and laser ablation in colloidal solutions. In addition to the study of the generation mechanism of CS-NPs in each scheme, the optical properties of designed CS-NPs are determined with UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy and EM field simulation. In the first scheme, which is double pulse laser ablation, two laser beams are fired in a sequence on two adjacent targets with different material. We have successfully demonstrated the generation of Sn/Glass, Zn/Glass, Zn/Si, Ge/Si, and Cu/Zn CS-NPs. Key factors affecting the generation of CS-NPs are (1) surface tensions of the constructing materials affecting the associated Gibbs free energy of CS-NPs, (2) physical properties of selected background gases (i.e., He and Ar), (3) delay time between two laser pulses, and (4) the amount of laser energy. The second scheme examined for the generation of CS-NPs is through laser ablation of solid targets in colloidal solutions. Compared to the double pulse laser ablation, this second approach provides better control of the size and shape of the resulting CS-NPs. Two colloidal solutions, namely, Au and SiO2 colloidal solution are applied in the second scheme. Key factors affecting the formation of CS-NPs with the second scheme and are (a) the adhesion energy between the shell and the core material, (b) the diameter of the core and (c) the laser ablation time and the laser energy. Red shift of absorption peaks are measured in both SiO2/Au and SiO2/Ag colloids compared with pure nanoparticles (NPs). The amount of red-shift is very sensitive to the shell thickness of the CS-NPs. The same red shift is reproduced with the corresponding full wave analysis. The observed red shift can be attributed to the additional surface plasmon resonance at the interface of metal/dielectric of the CS-NPs compared with pure nanoparticles. Through adjusting the material and size combination, the absorption peak of the CS-NPs can be tuned in a limit range around the intrinsic absorption peak of the metal of the CS-NPs. The freedom of adjusting the absorption peak makes CS-NPs is favorable in bio and optical applications.