Amphiphilic complexes with luminescent rare earth metal ions suitable for Lanmuir-Blodgett (LB) deposition have been synthesized. LB monolayers with closely packed Eu complexes deposited directly on silver demonstrate significant far-field emission in contrast to the theoretical predictions of full quenching. Angular radiation and polarization patterns of the electric and magnetic dipole emission of Eu3+ point to a high excitation efficiency of surface plasmon polaritons. Different luminescent behavior of closely packed emitters in comparison to diluted systems is tentatively attributed to the collective state of emitters in LB layers formed via near-field coupling with surface plasmons.

Amphiphilic complexes with luminescent rare earth metal ions suitable for Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) deposi-tion have been synthetized. LB monolayers with closely packed Eu complexes deposited directly on silver demonstrate significant far-field emission in contrast to the theoretical predictions of full quenching. Angu-lar radiation and polarization patterns of the electric and magnetic dipole emission of Eu3+ point to a high excitation efficiency of surface plasmon polaritons. Different luminescent behavior of closely packed emit-ters in comparison to diluted systems is tentatively attributed to the collective state of emitters in LB layers formed via near-field coupling with surface plasmons.

Amphiphilic complexes with luminescent rare earth metal ions suitable for Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) deposi-tion have been synthetized. LB monolayers with closely packed Eu complexes deposited directly on silver demonstrate significant far-field emission in contrast to the theoretical predictions of full quenching. Angu-lar radiation and polarization patterns of the electric and magnetic dipole emission of Eu3+ point to a high excitation efficiency of surface plasmon polaritons. Different luminescent behavior of closely packed emit-ters in comparison to diluted systems is tentatively attributed to the collective state of emitters in LB layers formed via near-field coupling with surface plasmons.

We explore a possibility to control magnetic dipole emission with plasmonic cavities, placing Eu3+ emitters inside profile-modulated metal-dielectric-metal structures. Significant variations in the branching ratio of the magnetic and electric dipole transitions are observed as the function of the thickness of the intermediate layer. The experimental results are confirmed with numerical simulations which account for cavity and gap plasmon resonances and predict modifications in the spontaneous emission spectrum as the function of the gap size and a strong directionality of the emission for small thicknesses of the intermediate layer. The implications of having a competition between electric and magnetic dipole relaxation channels in Eu3+ are discussed.