Applied Physics Letters

Observation of inhibited spontaneous emission and stimulated emission of rhodamine 6G in polymer replica of synthetic opal

K. Yoshino, S. B. Lee, Satoshi Tatsuhara, Y. Kawagishi, Masanori Ozaki, Anvar A. Zakhidov

Published Dec 14, 1998• 146 citations

Abstract

We report the observation of inhibited spontaneous emission of organic dye rhodamine 6G infiltrated in a polymer replica of synthetic opal as a photonic crystal. The morphology-dependent resonances, superimposed on the broadband emission of rhodamine 6G due to spherical wavelength-sized microcavity enhancement of dye emission, have also been observed.

DOI: 10.1063/1.122819

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