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Published on: October 11, 2016
Directional emission of rhodamine 6G on top of a silver grating
Abstract:
We have observed directional spontaneous emission of rhodamine 6G dye deposited on top of a silver grating and found that its angular distribution patterns were very different in TE and TM polarizations. The latter was related to the dispersion curves determined based on the polarized reflection spectra measured at multiple incidence angles. The most intriguing finding of this Letter was a resonance, which was coupled with TE-polarized light and determined the characteristic double-crescent patterns in the TE-polarized spontaneous emission. This observation, as well as nearly similar resonance observed in TM polarization, was tentatively explained in terms of leaky waveguide modes supported by a film of dye-doped polymer.
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