Photoluminescence oscillations in porous alumina films

The dominant oscillation shown in the laser-excited photoluminescence spectrum of the porous alumina film can be ascribed to the interference within a Fabry-Perot optical cavity where the separation between two neighboring oscillations is highly sensitive to the film's thickness and refractive index. The method, designated as photoluminescence oscillation, endows photoluminescence spectrum with another dimension and results in a nondestructive method for the measurement of the thickness and refractive index with a high resolution. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.