Radiative and non-radiative decay of a single molecule close to a metallic nanoparticle

被引:356
作者
Carminati, R
Greffet, JJ
Henkel, C
Vigoureux, JM
机构
[1] Ecole Cent Paris, CNRS, Lab Energet Mol & Macroscop, F-92295 Chatenay Malabry, France
[2] Univ Potsdam, Inst Phys, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany
[3] Univ Franche Comte, CNRS, Mol Phys Lab, F-25030 Besancon, France
关键词
fluorescence; single molecule; nanoparticle; quenching;
D O I
10.1016/j.optcom.2005.12.009
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study the spontaneous emission of a single emitter close to a metallic nanoparticle, with the aim to clarify the distance dependence of the radiative and non-radiative decay rates. We derive analytical formulas based on a dipole-dipole model, and show that the nonradiative decay rate follows a R-6 dependence at short distance, where R is the distance between the emitter and the center of the nanoparticle, as in Forster's energy transfer. The distance dependence of the radiative decay rate is more subtle. It is chiefly dominated by a R-3 dependence, a R-6 dependence being visible at plasmon resonance. The latter is a consequence of radiative damping in the effective dipole polarizability of the nanoparticle. The different distance behavior of the radiative and non-radiative decay rates implies that the apparent quantum yield always vanishes at short distance. Moreover, non-radiative decay is strongly enhanced when the emitter radiates at the plasmon-resonance frequency of the nanoparticle. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:368 / 375
页数:8
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