Spectral and spatial tailoring of the luminescence by metallic nanoparticles

Abstract

In this review, we have presented several techniques to tune the luminescence both spectrally and spatially by coupling the emission centers to metallic nanostructures, with an emphasis on our works. Metallic nanostructures include single, couples of, and arrays of nanoparticles. Especially the periodic array of the nanoparticles not only can modify the emission spectra, but also select the emission directionality out of the structure. These techniques may find application in the fields of illumination and sensing.