Cooperative effects in plasmonics: superfluorescence near metal nanostructures

Vitaliy N. Pustovit; Tigran V. Shahbazyan

doi:10.1117/12.861122

10 September 2010 Cooperative effects in plasmonics: superfluorescence near metal nanostructures

Vitaliy N. Pustovit, Tigran V. Shahbazyan

Proceedings Volume 7757, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties VIII; 77571U (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861122
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We develop a theory of cooperative emission of light by an ensemble of emitters, such as fluorescing molecules or semiconductor quantum dots, located near a metal nanostructure supporting surface plasmon. The primary mechanism of cooperative emission in such systems is resonant energy transfer between emitters and plasmons rather than the Dicke radiative coupling between emitters. We identify two types of plasmonic coupling between the emitters, (i) plasmon-enhanced radiative coupling and (ii) plasmon-assisted nonradiative energy transfer, the competition between them governing the structure of system eigenstates. Specifically, when emitters are removed by more than several nm from the metal surface, the emission is dominated by three superradiant states with the same quantum yield as a single emitter, resulting in a drastic reduction of ensemble radiated energy, while at smaller distances cooperative behavior is destroyed by nonradiative transitions. The crossover between two regimes can be observed in distance dependence of ensemble quantum efficiency. Our numerical calculations incorporating direct and plasmon-assisted interactions between the emitters indicate that they do not destroy the plasmonic Dicke effect.

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Vitaliy N. Pustovit and Tigran V. Shahbazyan "Cooperative effects in plasmonics: superfluorescence near metal nanostructures", Proc. SPIE 7757, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties VIII, 77571U (10 September 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861122

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