Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages 4257-4262Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl4019947
Keywords
Plasmonics; nanowire; quantum dots; electron beam lithography; coupling; local density of states
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- European Union [ICT-FET 243421 ARTIST]
- Austrian Science Fund FWF [P24511-N26]
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- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P24511] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 24511] Funding Source: researchfish
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The coupling of optical emitters with a nanostructured environment is at the heart of nano- and quantum optics. We control this coupling by the lithographic positioning of a few (1-3) quantum dots (QDs) along plasmonic silver nanowires with nanoscale resolution. The fluorescence emission from the QD-nanowire systems is probed spectroscopically, by microscopic imaging and decay time measurements. We find that the plasmonic modes can strongly modulate the fluorescence emission. For a given QD position, the local plasmon field dictates the coupling efficiency, and thus the relative weight of free space radiation and emission into plasmon modes. Simulations performed with a generic few-level model give very good agreement with experiment. Our data imply that the 2D degenerate emission dipole orientation of the QD can be forced to predominantly emit to one polarization component dictated by the nanowire modes.
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