Phys. Rev. B 78, 125403 (2008) [7 pages]Controlling the fluorescence lifetime of a single emitter on the nanoscale using a plasmonic superlensReceived 27 May 2008; published 4 September 2008 Coupling a single dipole emitter to a metallic nanoparticle through the optical modes of a planar superlens made of left-handed material can lead to substantial modifications of its spontaneous decay rate. We provide a quantitative study based on exact numerical simulation and show that such a scheme could allow the detection, the localization, and the control of the emitter dynamics with nanometer-scale sensitivity, as well as the determination of its transition dipole orientation. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125403
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.78.125403
PACS:
78.67.−n, 78.68.+m, 32.50.+d
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