Nanoscale imaging and spontaneous emission control with a single nano-positioned quantum dot

Chad Ropp, Zachary Cummins, Sanghee Nah, John T. Fourkas, Benjamin Shapiro and Edo Waks ()
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Chad Ropp: University of Maryland
Zachary Cummins: University of Maryland
Sanghee Nah: University of Maryland
John T. Fourkas: University of Maryland
Benjamin Shapiro: University of Maryland
Edo Waks: University of Maryland

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Plasmonic nanostructures confine light on the nanoscale, enabling ultra-compact optical devices that exhibit strong light–matter interactions. Quantum dots are ideal for probing plasmonic devices because of their nanoscopic size and desirable emission properties. However, probing with single quantum dots has remained challenging because their small size also makes them difficult to manipulate. Here we demonstrate the use of quantum dots as on-demand probes for imaging plasmonic nanostructures, as well as for realizing spontaneous emission control at the single emitter level with nanoscale spatial accuracy. A single quantum dot is positioned with microfluidic flow control to probe the local density of optical states of a silver nanowire, achieving 12 nm imaging accuracy. The high spatial accuracy of this scanning technique enables a new method for spontaneous emission control where interference of counter-propagating surface plasmon polaritons results in spatial oscillations of the quantum dot lifetime as it is positioned along the wire axis.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2477

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