Abstract
We have studied the spectroscopic properties of nanoporous alumina membranes impregnated with rhodamine 6G (R6G) dye molecules. At small dye concentrations, the reflectance spectra feature one minimum, corresponding to the absorption band of R6G. With increase of the dye concentration, the reflectance dip splits in two and the energy difference between the two minima increases. A similar behavior is shared by the emission spectral band. We explain these observations in terms of strong coupling of closely situated dye molecules inside the channels. At the same time, the experimentally observed angular dependence of the reflectance spectrum is consistent with a long-range collective behavior of dye molecules across an array of dye-impregnated channels.
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