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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Quantum optics applications rely crucially on the control and long range transport of single-photons. We investigate how embedding a metal nanoparticle with an optical emitter in a fiber modifies the emission properties of the emitter. By coupling the light emitter to a metal nanoparticle, we show that the emission rates, Purcell factor and quantum yield are increased due to the combined effects originating both from the confinement in the fiber and from the nanoparticle's plasmonic enhancement. We simulate numerically a fiber of permittivity ε = 4 containing a silver nanoparticle of radius 30 nm and find that the quantum yield enhancement can be up to 2.5 larger than in free space.
Publisher: 
IEEE
Publication date: 
17 Nov 2016
Authors: 

R Jurga, F Della Sala, C Ciracì

Biblio References: 
Pages: 148
Origin: 
Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (METAMATERIALS), 2016 10th International Congress on