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Schörner, Christian ; Lippitz, Markus:
Single Molecule Nonlinearity in a Plasmonic Waveguide.
In: Nano Letters.
Vol. 20
(2020)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 2152-2156.
ISSN 1530-6992
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00196
Abstract in another language
Plasmonic waveguides offer the unique possibility to confine light far below the diffraction limit. Past room temperature experiments focused on efficient generation of single waveguide plasmons by a quantum emitter. However, only the simultaneous interaction of the emitter with multiple plasmonic fields would lead to functionality in a plasmonic circuit. Here, we demonstrate the nonlinear optical interaction of a single molecule and propagating plasmons. An individual terrylene diimide (TDI) molecule is placed in the nanogap between two single-crystalline silver nanowires. A visible wavelength pump pulse and a red-shifted depletion pulse travel along the waveguide, leading to stimulated emission depletion (STED) in the observed fluorescence. The efficiency increases by up to a factor of 50 compared to far-field excitation. Our study thus demonstrates remote nonlinear four-wave mixing at a single molecule with propagating plasmons. It paves the way toward functional quantum plasmonic circuits and improved nonlinear single-molecule spectroscopy.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | plasmonic nanocircuit; quantum emitter; single-crystalline silver flake; two-wire transmission line; stimulated emission depletion STED; nonlinear optics |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics III - Nanooptics > Chair Experimental Physics III - Nanooptics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Lippitz Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics III - Nanooptics |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2020 06:51 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 14:18 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/54640 |