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Plasmonic Dicke effect

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We study cooperative emission by an ensemble of emitters, such as fluorescing molecules or semiconductor quantum dots, near a metal nanoparticle. The primary mechanism of cooperative emission is resonant energy transfer between emitters and plasmons rather than Dicke radiative coupling between emitters. The emission is dominated by three superradiant states with the same quantum yield as a single emitter, leading to a drastic reduction of ensemble radiated energy down to just thrice of that by a single emitter, the remaining energy being dissipated in the metal through subradiant states. We perform numerical calculations of system eigenstates and find that the plasmonic Dicke effect interactions affect is not impacted by the interactions between emitters or non-radiative losses in the metal.

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  1. Department of Physics, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, 39217, USA

    T. V. Shahbazyan & V. N. Pustovit

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Shahbazyan, T.V., Pustovit, V.N. Plasmonic Dicke effect. Appl. Phys. A 103, 755–758 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-6208-9

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