2D Silver-Nanoplatelets Metasurface for Bright Directional Photoluminescence, Designed with the Local Kirchhoff's Law.

Bailly, Elise; Hugonin, Jean-Paul; Coudevylle, Jean-René; Dabard, Corentin; Ithurria, Sandrine; Vest, Benjamin; Greffet, Jean-Jacques · ACS Nano · 2024

basic_science · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

Semiconductor colloidal nanocrystals are excellent light emitters in terms of efficiency and spectral control. They can be integrated with a metasurface to make ultrathin photoluminescent devices with a reduced amount of active material and perform complex functionalities such as beam shaping or polarization control. To design such a metasurface, a quantitative model of the emitted power is needed. Here, we report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a ∼300 nm thick light-emitting device combining a plasmonic metasurface with an ensemble of nanoplatelets. The source has been designed with a methodology based on a local form of Kirchhoff's law. The source displays record high directionality and absorptivity.