Spontaneous emission modifications in planar microcavities: application to autofluorescence control for thin films under UV irradiation

Herve Rigneault; C. Begon; Dominique Nuti; E. Bois

doi:10.1117/12.360091

7 September 1999 Spontaneous emission modifications in planar microcavities: application to autofluorescence control for thin films under UV irradiation

Herve Rigneault, C. Begon, Dominique Nuti, E. Bois

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Proceedings Volume 3738, Advances in Optical Interference Coatings; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360091
Event: Optical Systems Design and Production, 1999, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Spontaneous emission control for rare earth ions implanted inside planar multidielectric microcavities is presented and compared in order to compute the electromagnetic power provided by sources locate inside planar dielectric multilayer structures. Radiation patterns are measured in Ta_{2$.O(subscript 5}/SiO₂ microcavities implanted with praseodymium ions. Although we demonstrate a significant enhancement of the spontaneous emission in a direction normal to the layer, we show that a large amount of the emitted power is carried by the guided modes of the structures. As a direct application for thin films auto- fluorescence modifications, we concentrate on visible dielectric thin film luminescence under UV irradiation for the high index/low index couple HfO₂/SiO₂. We exploit those result in an attempt to understand the proper luminescence of three different mirror stacks, both in terms of luminance efficiency and angular emission. This study introduces the 'luminescence engineering' concept which may appear as a relevant thin films design criterion for biological applications.

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Herve Rigneault, C. Begon, Dominique Nuti, and E. Bois "Spontaneous emission modifications in planar microcavities: application to autofluorescence control for thin films under UV irradiation", Proc. SPIE 3738, Advances in Optical Interference Coatings, (7 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.360091

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