Browsing by Author "Rashed, A. R."

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Bright off-axis directional emission with plasmonic corrugations
(OSA - The Optical Society, 2017) Sattari, H.; Rashed, A. R.; Özbay, Ekmel; Caglayan, H.
In this work, a new plasmonic bulls-eye structure is introduced to efficiently harvest the emitted light from diamond nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers. We show that the presence of a simple metal sub-layer underneath of a conventional bulls-eye antenna, separated by a dielectric layer, results in the spontaneous emission enhancement and increment in out-coupled light intensity. High Purcell factor is accessible in such a structure, which consequently boosts efficiency of the radiated light intensity from the structure. The structure shows considerable enhancement in far-field intensity, about three times higher than that of a one-side corrugated (conventional) optimized structure. In addition, we study for the first time asymmetric structures to steer emitted beams in two-axis. Our results show that spatial off-axial steering over a cone is approachable by introducing optimal asymmetries to grooves and ridges of the structure. The steered light retains a level of intensity even higher than conventional symmetric structures. A high value of directivity of 16 for off-axis steering is reported. © 2017 Optical Society of America.
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Broadband optical transparency in plasmonic nanocomposite polymer films via exciton-plasmon energy transfer
(OSA - The Optical Society, 2016) Dhama R.; Rashed, A. R.; Caligiuri V.; El Kabbash M.; Strangi, G.; De Luca A.
Inherent absorptive losses affect the performance of all plasmonic devices, limiting their fascinating applications in the visible range. Here, we report on the enhanced optical transparency obtained as a result of the broadband mitigation of optical losses in nanocomposite polymeric films, embedding core-shell quantum dots (CdSe@ZnS QDs) and gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs). Exciton-plasmon coupling enables non-radiative energy transfer processes from QDs to metal NPs, resulting in gain induced transparency of the hybrid flexible systems. Experimental evidences, such as fluorescence quenching and modifications of fluorescence lifetimes confirm the presence of this strong coupling between plexcitonic elements. Measures performed by means of an ultra-fast broadband pump-probe setup demonstrate loss compensation of gold NPs dispersed in plastic network in presence of gain. Furthermore, we compare two films containing different concentrations of gold NPs and same amount of QDs, to investigate the role of acceptor concentration (Au-NPs) in order to promote an effective and efficient energy transfer mechanism. Gain induced transparency in bulk systems represents a promising path towards the realization of loss compensated plasmonic devices. © 2016 Optical Society of America.
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Graphene-based tunable plasmon induced transparency in gold strips
(Optical Society of America, 2018) Habib, M.; Rashed, A. R.; Özbay, Ekmel; Caglayan, H.
Plasmon induced transparency (PIT) has been numerically investigated and experimentally realized by two parallel gold strips on graphene for the mid-infrared (MIR) range. The PIT response is realized by the weak hybridization of two bright modes of the gold strips. The response of the device is adjusted with the lengths of two strips and tuned electrically in real time by changing the Fermi level (Ef) of the graphene. Ef is changed to tune the resonance frequency of the transparency window. A top gating is used to achieve high tunability and a 263 nm shift is obtained by changing the gate voltage from -0.6 V to 2.4 V. The spectral contrast ratio of our devices is up to 82%.
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Highly-sensitive refractive index sensing by near-infrared metatronic nanocircuits
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018) Rashed, A. R.; Gudulluoglu, B.; Yun, H. W.; Habib, M.; Boyaci, I. H.; Hong, S. H.; Özbay, Ekmel; Caglayan, H.
In this work, we present a highly-sensitive refractive index sensor based on metatronic nanocircuits operating at near-infrared spectral range. The structure is designed based on simple nanorod geometry and fabricated by nanopatterning of transparent conducting oxides. The functionality of these polarization dependent metatronic nanocircuits is enhanced by applying tunable response. This feature is investigated by depositing NH2 (Amine) groups via plasma polymerization technique on top of indium-tin-oxide nanorods. The dielectric constant of Amine groups is a function of their thickness, which can be controlled by the RF power and the time duration of the applied plasma polymerization process. The resonance wavelengths of nanocircuits shift to higher wavelength, as the dielectric constant of the deposited material increases. An excellent agreement between the design and experimental results are obtained. Our metatronic based nanosensor offers a high-sensitive performance of 1587 nm/RIU with a satisfactory figure of merit for this class of sensors.
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Plasmon-Exciton Resonant Energy Transfer: Across Scales Hybrid Systems
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016) El Kabbash, M.; Rashed, A. R.; Sreekanth, K. V.; De Luca, A.; Infusino, M.; Strangi, G.
The presence of an excitonic element in close proximity of a plasmonic nanostructure, under certain conditions, may lead to a nonradiative resonant energy transfer known as Exciton Plasmon Resonant Energy Transfer (EPRET) process. The exciton-plasmon coupling and dynamics have been intensely studied in the last decade; still many relevant aspects need more in-depth studies. Understanding such phenomenon is not only important from fundamental viewpoint, but also essential to unlock many promising applications. In this review we investigate the plasmon-exciton resonant energy transfer in different hybrid systems at the nano- and mesoscales, in order to gain further understanding of such processes across scales and pave the way towards active plasmonic devices.
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Plasmon-modulated photoluminescence enhancement in hybrid plasmonic nano-antennas
(IOP Publishing, 2020) Rashed, A. R.; Habib, M.; Das, N.; Özbay, Ekmel; Çağlayan, H.
In this work, we performed a systematic study on a hybrid plasmonic system to elucidate a new insight into the mechanisms governing the fluorescent enhancement process. Our lithographically defined plasmonic nanodisks with various diameters act as receiver and transmitter nano-antennas to outcouple efficiently the photoluminescence of the coupled dye molecules. We show that the enhancement of the spontaneous emission rate arises from the superposition of three principal phenomena: (i) metal enhanced fluorescence, (ii) metal enhanced excitation and (iii) plasmon-modulated photoluminescence of the photoexcited nanostructures. Overall, the observed enhanced emission is attributed to the bi-directional near-field coupling of the fluorescent dye molecules to the localized plasmonic field of nano-antennas. We identify the role of exciton–plasmon coupling in the recombination rate of the sp-band electrons with d-band holes, resulting in the generation of particle plasmons. According to our comprehensive experimental analyses, the mismatch between the enhanced emission and the emission spectrum of the uncoupled dye molecules is attributed to the plasmon-modulated photoluminescence of the photoexcited hybrid plasmonic system.