Relaxation of a Quantum Emitter Resonantly Coupled to a Metal Nanoparticle
Optics
2015-06-18 v1
Abstract
Presence of a metal nanoparticle near a quantum dipole emitter, when a localized surface plasmon mode is excited via the resonant coupling with an excited quantum dipole, changes dramatically the relaxation dynamics: it is no longer described by an exponential decay but exhibits step-like behavior. The main physical consequence of this relaxation process is that the emission, being largely determined by the metal nanoparticle, comes out with a substantial delay. A large number of system parameters in our analytical description opens new possibilities for controlling quantum emitter dynamics.
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@article{arxiv.1311.5476,
title = {Relaxation of a Quantum Emitter Resonantly Coupled to a Metal Nanoparticle},
author = {Khachatur V. Nerkararyan and Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.5476},
year = {2015}
}
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9 pages, 2 figures