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Hybrid plasmonic waveguide coupling of photons from a single molecule.
- Source :
- APL Photonics; Aug2019, Vol. 4 Issue 8, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We demonstrate the emission of photons from a single molecule into a hybrid gap plasmon waveguide. Crystals of anthracene, doped with dibenzoterrylene (DBT), are grown on top of the waveguides. We investigate a single DBT molecule coupled to the plasmonic region of one of the guides and determine its in-plane orientation, excited state lifetime, and saturation intensity. The molecule emits light into the guide, which is remotely out-coupled by a grating. The second-order autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions show that the emitter is a single molecule and that the light emerging from the grating comes from that molecule. The coupling efficiency is found to be β<subscript>WG</subscript> = 11.6(1.5)%. This type of structure is promising for building new functionality into quantum-photonic circuits, where localized regions of strong emitter-guide coupling can be interconnected by low-loss dielectric guides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SINGLE molecules
PHOTON emission
PHOTONS
WAVEGUIDES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23780967
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- APL Photonics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138401072
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5110275