Enhancing the optical excitation efficiency of a single self-assembled quantum dot with a plasmonic nanoantenna.

Pfeiffer, Markus; Lindfors, Klas; Wolpert, Christian; Atkinson, Paola; Benyoucef, Mohamed; Rastelli, Armando; Schmidt, Oliver G; Giessen, Harald et al. · Nano Lett · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We demonstrate how the controlled positioning of a plasmonic nanoparticle modifies the photoluminescence of a single epitaxial GaAs quantum dot. The antenna particle leads to an increase of the luminescence intensity by about a factor of 8. Spectrally and temporally resolved photoluminescence measurements prove an increase of the quantum dot’s excitation rate.

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