Abstract
The unprecedented advance experienced by nanofabrication techniques and plasmonics research over the past few years has made possible the realization of nanophotonic systems entering into the so-called strong coupling regime between localized surface plasmon (LSP) modes and quantum emitters. Unfortunately, from a theoretical point of view, the field is hindered by the lack of analytical descriptions of the electromagnetic interaction between strongly hybridized LSP modes and nanoemitters even within the Markovian approximation. This gap is tackled here by exploiting a conformal transformation where a bow-tie nanoantenna excited by a dipole is mapped into a periodic slab-dipole framework whose analytical solution is available. Solving the problem in the transformed space not only provides a straightforward analytical explanation to the original problem (validated using full-wave simulations) but also grants a deep physical insight and simple design guidelines to maximize the coupling between localized dipoles and the bow-tie LSP modes. The results presented here therefore pave the way for a full analytical description of realistic scenarios where quantum dots or dye molecules (modelled beyond a two-level system) are placed near a metallic bow-tie nanoantenna.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1223-1232 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | ACS Photonics |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 21 Jun 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Nanoantennas
- conformal transformation
- Plasmonics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering