Gold nanorods and nanospheroids for enhancing spontaneous emission

Year: 2008

Authors: Mohammadi A., Sandoghdar V., Agio M.

Autors Affiliation: Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Phys Chem Lab, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Persian Gulf Univ, Dept Phys, Bushehr 75196, Iran.

Abstract: We compute the radiative decay rate and the quantum efficiency for an emitter coupled to gold nanorods and nanospheroids using the body-of-revolution finite-difference time-domain method. We study these quantities as a function of the nanoparticle aspect ratio and volume, showing that large enhancements can be achieved with realistic parameters. Moreover, we find that nanospheroids exhibit better performances than nanorods for applications in the visible and near-infrared spectral range.

Journal/Review: NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Volume: 10      Pages from: 105015-1  to: 105015-14

More Information: We thank L Rogobete, F Kaminski, N Mojarad, H Eghlidi and S Gotzinger for helpful discussions. A Mohammadi is grateful to the Persian Gulf University Research Council for partial support. This work was financed by the ETH Zurich initiative on Composite Doped Metamaterials (CDM).
KeyWords: Single-molecule Fluorescence; Time-domain Method; Yagi-uda Antenna; Optical Antennas; Nanostructures; Enhancement; Particles; Decay; Spectroscopy; Algorithm
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/10/105015

Citations: 121
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