Controlled photon transfer between two individual nanoemitters via shared high-Q modes of a microsphere resonator.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
We realize controlled cavity-mediated photon transfer between two single nanoparticles over a distance of several tens of micrometers. First, we show how a single nanoscopic emitter attached to a near-field probe can be coupled to high-Q whispering-gallery modes of a silica microsphere at will. Then we demonstrate transfer of energy between this and a second nanoparticle deposited on the sphere surface. We estimate the photon transfer efficiency to be about 6 orders of magnitude higher than that via free-space propagation at comparable separations.
Medical subject headings
- Linear Energy Transfer
- Microspheres
- Models, Theoretical
- Nanostructures
- Optics and Photonics
- Photons