Full control of spontaneous emission in confined Tamm plasmon structures
Quantum Physics
2011-09-08 v2
Abstract
We demonstrate strong confinement of the optical field by depositing a micron sized metallic disk on a planar interferential mirror. Zero dimensional Tamm plasmon modes are evidenced both experimentally and theoretically, with a lateral confinement limited to the disk area and strong coupling to TE polarized fields. Single quantum dots deterministically coupled to these modes are shown to experience acceleration of their spontaneous emission when spectrally resonant with the mode. For quantum dots spectrally detuned from the confined Tamm Plasmon mode, an inhibition of spontaneous emission by a factor 40 is observed, a record value in the optical domain.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.4437,
title = {Full control of spontaneous emission in confined Tamm plasmon structures},
author = {O. Gazzano and S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos and K. Gauthron and C. Symonds and J. Bloch and P. Voisin and J. Bellessa and A. Lemaitre and P. Senellart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4437},
year = {2011}
}