Gold, Copper, Silver and Aluminum Nanoantennas to Enhance Spontaneous Emission

Year: 2009

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

Autors Affiliation: ETH, Phys Chem Lab, Nanoopt Grp, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Persian Gulf Univ, Dept Phys, Bushehr 75196, Iran.

Abstract: We compute the decay rates of emitters coupled to spheroidal nanoantennas made of gold, copper, silver, and aluminum. The spectral position of the localized surface plasmon-polariton resonance, the enhancement factors and the quantum efficiency are investigated as a function of the aspect ratio, background index and the metal composing the nanoantenna. While copper yields results similar to gold, silver and aluminum exhibit different performances. Our results show that with a careful choice of the parameters these nanoantennas can enhance emitters ranging from the UV to the near-IR spectrum.

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE

Volume: 6 (9)      Pages from: 2024  to: 2030

More Information: We thank L. Rogobete, F. Kaminski, Y. Ekinci, N. Mojarad, H. Eghlidi, and S. Gotzinger for helpful discussions. A. Mohammadi is thankful 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: Fluorescence; Decay Rates; Metal Nanostructures
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2009.1259

Citations: 41
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