Nanoantennas directing a bright future

Nanowerk  December 21, 2022 Phosphor plates combined with nanoantenna, enable spatial and spectral control over luminescence. While the emission enhancement in a specific direction has been reported in nanoantenna studies, the evaluation of the total distribution of radiation as well as the conversion efficiency is largely missing. An international team of researchers (Japan, China) developed nanoantenna phosphors consist of a hexagonal array of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, fabricated on a phosphor plate of yttrium aluminum garnet doped with Ce3+ (YAG:Ce). They visualized the distribution of photoluminescence from the nanoantenna phosphor into forward, backward, and side directions by using an integrating […]