Thermal study of the photonic band gap effect on a resonance energy transfer process

Luis González-Urbina; Javier Pérez-Moreno; Branko Kolaric; Koen Clays

doi:10.1117/1.JPE.2.021204

26 March 2012 Thermal study of the photonic band gap effect on a resonance energy transfer process

Luis González-Urbina, Javier Pérez-Moreno, Branko Kolaric, Koen Clays

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Journal of Photonics for Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 021204 (March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021204

Abstract

Optical confinement can induce enhancement of the resonance energy transfer between fluorescent molecules by influencing the interaction between the different available energy levels. We study the energy transfer between a pair of molecules, tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium and bis(2-methyl-8-quinolinato)-4-phenylphenolate aluminum, which are extensively used in organic light-emitting diode technologies. These molecules have previously shown Förster energy transfer. We present the result of the dipolar coupling of these two molecules embedded in a poly(N-vinylcarbazole) film and inserted in a colloidal photonic crystal. Due to the presence of the photonic band gap, the efficiency of the energy transfer has been improved. A thermal study of the emission under the effect of the photonic band gap has been performed.

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Luis González-Urbina, Javier Pérez-Moreno, Branko Kolaric, and Koen Clays "Thermal study of the photonic band gap effect on a resonance energy transfer process," Journal of Photonics for Energy 2(1), 021204 (26 March 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.2.021204

Published: 26 March 2012

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