Plasmon-enhanced photo-luminescence emission in hybrid metal–perovskite nanowires

Journal article

Semiconductor photonic nanowires are critical components for nanoscale light manipulation in integrated photonic and electronic devices. Optimizing their optical performance requires enhanced photon conversion efficiency, for which a promising solution is to combine semiconductors with noble metals, using the surface plasmon resonance of noble metals to enhance the photon absorption efficiency. Here, we report plasmon-enhanced light emission in a hybrid nanowire device composed of perovskite semiconductor nanowires and silver nanoparticles formed using superfluid helium droplets. A cesium lead halide perovskite-based four-layer structure (CsPbBr3/PMMA/Ag/Si) effectively reduces the metal’s plasmonic losses while ensuring efficient surface plasmon–photon coupling at moderate power. Microphotoluminescence and time-resolved spectroscopy techniques are used to investigate the optical properties and emission dynamics of carriers and excitons within the hybrid device. Our results demonstrate an intensity enhancement factor of 29 compared with pure semiconductor structures at 4 K, along with enhanced carrier recombination dynamics due to plasmonic interactions between silver nanoparticles and perovskite nanowires. This work advances existing approaches for exciting photonic nanowires at low photon densities, with potential applications in optimizing single-photon excitations and emissions for quantum information processing.

Authors: Kuriakose, T; Sha, H; Wang, Q; Topcu, G; Romain, X

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: MDPI
• Journal: Nanomaterials
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 8
• Article number: 608
• Publication date: 2025-04-14
• Acceptance date: 2025-04-12
• DOI: 10.3390/nano15080608
• EISSN: 2079-4991
• Language: English
• Keywords: time-resolved spectroscopy; helium droplets; plasmonics; perovskites nanowires; nanophotonics; micro-photoluminescence