Metallodielectric Hybrid Antennas for Ultrastrong Enhancement of Spontaneous Emission
Anno: 2012
Autori: Chen X.-W., Agio M., Sandoghdar V.
Affiliazione autori: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU), D-91058 Erlangen, Germany; National Institute of Optics (INO-CNR) and European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Abstract: We devise new optical antennas that reduce the excited-state radiative lifetimes of emitters to the order of 100 fs while maintaining quantum efficiencies of about 80% at a broadband operation. Here, we combine metallic nanoparticles with planar dielectric structures and exploit design strategies from plasmonic nanoantennas and concepts from cavity quantum electrodynamics to maximize the local density of states and minimize the nonradiative losses incurred by the metallic constituents. The proposed metallodielectric hybrid antennas promise an important impact on various fundamental and applied research fields, including photophysics, ultrafast plasmonics, bright single-photon sources, and Raman spectroscopy.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 108 (23) Da Pagina: 233001 A: 233001
Maggiori informazioni: We acknowledge financial support from the Max Planck Society, the ERC advanced grant SINGLEION, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.233001Citazioni: 102dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-04-28Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui