Enhanced photoluminescence from self-organized rubrene single crystal surface structures

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Date: 
2010-06-07
Author(s): 

R. J. Stöhr, G. J. Beirne, P. Michler, R. Scholz, J. Wrachtrup, and J. Pflaum

Reference: 

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 231902 (2010)

We report on crystalline pyramidal structures grown via self-organization on the rubrene (001) surface. The analysis of their spectral response by means of photoluminescence with micrometer lateral resolution reveals an intensity enhancement on-top of the surface structures. As we demonstrate this intensity increase can be related to the excitation processes at the molecular level in combination with exciton confinement within the pyramids.