Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-01-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
9 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.165301
We investigate theoretically the effects of interaction between an optical dipole (semiconductor quantum dot or molecule) and metal nanoparticles. The calculated absorption spectra of hybrid structures demonstrate strong effects of interference coming from the exciton-plasmon coupling. In particular, the absorption spectra acquire characteristic asymmetric lineshapes and strong anti-resonances. We present here an exact solution of the problem beyond the dipole approximation and find that the multipole treatment of the interaction is crucial for the understanding of strongly-interacting exciton-plasmon nano-systems. Interestingly, the visibility of the exciton resonance becomes greatly enhanced for small inter-particle distances due to the interference phenomenon, multipole effects, and electromagnetic enhancement. We find that the destructive interference is particularly strong. Using our exact theory, we show that the interference effects can be observed experimentally even in the exciting systems at room temperature.
Duan Suqing
Govorov Alexander O.
Yan Jie-Yun
Zhang Wanchuan
Zhao Xian-Geng
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