1208.1113 (K. -G. Lee et al.)

Spontaneous emission enhancement of a single molecule by a double-sphere
nanoantenna across an interface    [PDF]

K. -G. Lee, H. Eghlidi, X-W. Chen, A. Renn, S. Götzinger, V. Sandoghdar

We report on two orders of magnitude reduction in the fluorescence lifetime when a single molecule placed in a thin film is surrounded by two gold nanospheres across the film interface. By attaching one of the gold particles to the end of a glass fiber tip, we could control the modification of the molecular fluorescence at will. We find a good agreement between our experimental data and the outcome of numerical calculations.

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