Giant Purcell broadening and Lamb shift for DNA-assembled near-infrared quantum emitters

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Hauptverfasser: Verlekar, Sachin, Sanz-Paz, Maria, Zapata-Herrera, Mario, Pilo-Pais, Mauricio, Kolataj, Karol, Esteban, Ruben, Aizpurua, Javier, Acuna, Guillermo, Galland, Christophe
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author Verlekar, Sachin
Sanz-Paz, Maria
Zapata-Herrera, Mario
Pilo-Pais, Mauricio
Kolataj, Karol
Esteban, Ruben
Aizpurua, Javier
Acuna, Guillermo
Galland, Christophe
author_facet Verlekar, Sachin
Sanz-Paz, Maria
Zapata-Herrera, Mario
Pilo-Pais, Mauricio
Kolataj, Karol
Esteban, Ruben
Aizpurua, Javier
Acuna, Guillermo
Galland, Christophe
contents Controlling the light emitted by individual molecules is instrumental to a number of novel nanotechnologies ranging from super-resolution bio-imaging and molecular sensing to quantum nanophotonics. Molecular emission can be tailored by modifying the local photonic environment, for example by precisely placing a single molecule inside a plasmonic nanocavity with the help of DNA origami. Here, using this scalable approach, we show that commercial fluorophores experience giant Purcell factors and Lamb shifts, reaching values on par with those recently reported in scanning tip experiments. Engineering of plasmonic modes enables cavity-mediated fluorescence far detuned from the zero-phonon-line (ZPL) - at detunings that are up to two orders of magnitude larger than the fluorescence linewidth of the bare emitter and reach into the near-infrared. Our results evidence a regime where the emission linewidth is dominated by the excited state lifetime, as required for indistinguishable photon emission, baring relevance to the development of nanoscale, ultrafast quantum light sources and to the quest toward single-molecule cavity-QED. In the future, this approach may also allow to design efficient quantum emitters at infrared wavelengths, where standard organic sources have a reduced performance.
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spellingShingle Giant Purcell broadening and Lamb shift for DNA-assembled near-infrared quantum emitters
Verlekar, Sachin
Sanz-Paz, Maria
Zapata-Herrera, Mario
Pilo-Pais, Mauricio
Kolataj, Karol
Esteban, Ruben
Aizpurua, Javier
Acuna, Guillermo
Galland, Christophe
Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
Controlling the light emitted by individual molecules is instrumental to a number of novel nanotechnologies ranging from super-resolution bio-imaging and molecular sensing to quantum nanophotonics. Molecular emission can be tailored by modifying the local photonic environment, for example by precisely placing a single molecule inside a plasmonic nanocavity with the help of DNA origami. Here, using this scalable approach, we show that commercial fluorophores experience giant Purcell factors and Lamb shifts, reaching values on par with those recently reported in scanning tip experiments. Engineering of plasmonic modes enables cavity-mediated fluorescence far detuned from the zero-phonon-line (ZPL) - at detunings that are up to two orders of magnitude larger than the fluorescence linewidth of the bare emitter and reach into the near-infrared. Our results evidence a regime where the emission linewidth is dominated by the excited state lifetime, as required for indistinguishable photon emission, baring relevance to the development of nanoscale, ultrafast quantum light sources and to the quest toward single-molecule cavity-QED. In the future, this approach may also allow to design efficient quantum emitters at infrared wavelengths, where standard organic sources have a reduced performance.
title Giant Purcell broadening and Lamb shift for DNA-assembled near-infrared quantum emitters
topic Optics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19513