Enhancement of radiative processes in nanofibers with embedded plasmonic nanoparticles

Abstract

Efficient manipulation and long distance transport of single-photons is a key component in nanoscale quantum optics. In this letter, we study the emission properties of an individual light emitter placed into a nanofiber and coupled to a metallic nanoparticle. We find that plasmonic field enhancement together with the nanofiber optical confinement uniquely and synergistically contribute to an overall increase of emission rates as well as quantum yields.

References in corpus (2)

• Efficient channeling of fluorescence photons from single quantum dots into guided modes of optical nanofiber
• Highly efficient coupling of photons from nanoemitters into single-mode optical fibers

Cited by in corpus (1)

• Nanowire-Intensified MEF in Hybrid Polymer-Plasmonic Electrospun Filaments