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Fluorescence enhancement by dark plasmon modes

Optics 2018-05-09 v1

Abstract

We investigate the fluorescence properties of colloidal quantum dots attached to gold rod nanoantennas. These structures are fabricated by a two step electron beam lithography process in combination with a chemical linking method. By varying the nanoantenna length, the plasmon modes of the nanoantennas are successively tuned through the emission band of the quantum dots. We observe a pronounced fluorescence enhancement both for short and long nanoantennas. These findings can be attributed to the coupling of the quantum dots to bright and dark plasmon modes, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1710.02832,
  title  = {Fluorescence enhancement by dark plasmon modes},
  author = {Manuel Peter and Julia F. M. Werra and Cody Friesen and Doreen Achnitz and Kurt Busch and Stefan Linden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.02832},
  year   = {2018}
}
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