Tuning and Switching a Plasmonic Quantum Dot “Sandwich” in a Nematic Line Defect

Mundoor, Haridas; Sheetah, Ghadah H.; Park, Sungoh; Ackerman, Paul J.; Smalyukh, Ivan I.; van de Lagemaat, Jao

doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b08462

Tuning and Switching a Plasmonic Quantum Dot “Sandwich” in a Nematic Line Defect

Journal Article · Wed Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2018 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b08462· OSTI ID:1427346

^[1]; Sheetah, Ghadah H. ^[1]; Park, Sungoh ^[1]; Ackerman, Paul J. ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

We study the quantum-mechanical effects arising in a single semiconductor core/shell quantum dot (QD) controllably sandwiched between two plasmonic nanorods. Control over the position and the 'sandwich' confinement structure is achieved by the use of a linear-trap liquid crystal (LC) line defect and laser tweezers that 'push' the sandwich together. This arrangement allows for the study of exciton-plasmon interactions in a single structure, unaltered by ensemble effects or the complexity of dielectric interfaces. We demonstrate the effect of plasmonic confinement on the photon antibunching behavior of the QD and its luminescence lifetime. The QD behaves as a single emitter when nanorods are far away from the QD but shows possible multiexciton emission and a significantly decreased lifetime when tightly confined in a plasmonic 'sandwich'. These findings demonstrate that LC defects, combined with laser tweezers, enable a versatile platform to study plasmonic coupling phenomena in a nanoscale laboratory, where all elements can be arranged almost at will.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1427346

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5900-68952

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 12; ISSN 1936-0851

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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