Strong coupling between a metallic nanoparticle and a single molecule
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- 5 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 77 (11), 115403
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.77.115403
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the strong coupling between a single molecule and a single metallic nanoparticle. A theory suited for the quantum-mechanical description of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is developed. The coupling between these SPPs and a single molecule, and the modified molecular dynamics in the presence of the nanoparticle are described within a combined Drude and boundary-element-method approach. Our results show that strong coupling is possible for single molecules and metallic nanoparticles and can be observed in fluorescence spectroscopy through the splitting of emission peaks.Keywords
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