Signatures of Plexcitonic States in Molecular Electroluminescence
arXiv:1803.01012 · doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19382-2
Abstract
We develop a quantum master equation (QME) approach to investigate the electroluminesence (EL) of molecules confined between metallic electrodes and coupled to quantum plasmonic modes. Within our general state-based framework, we describe electronic tunneling, vibrational damping, environmental dephasing, and the quantum coherent dynamics of coupled quantum electromagnetic field modes. As an example, we calculate the STM-induced spontaneous emission of a tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) molecule coupled to a nanocavity plasmon. In the weak molecular exciton-plasmon coupling regime we find excellent agreement with experiments, including above-threshold hot luminescence, an effect not described by previous semiclassical calculations. In the strong coupling regime, we analyze the spectral features indicative of the formation of plexcitonic states.
arXiv comment10 pages, 4 figures
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