Optical scattering imaging with sub-nanometer precision based on position-ultra-sensitive giant Lamb shift

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.03247v2
• Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2023 15:35:18 GMT
• Title: Optical scattering imaging with sub-nanometer precision based on position-ultra-sensitive giant Lamb shift
• Authors: Zeyang Liao, Yuwei Lu, and Xue-Hua Wang
• Abstract summary: The Lamb shift of a quantum emitter very close to a plasmonic nanostructure can be three or more orders of magnitude larger than that in the free space. We propose an optical localization and polarization microscopy scheme with sub-nanometer precision for a quantum emitter via detecting the scattering spectrum instead of fluorescence.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The Lamb shift of a quantum emitter very close to a plasmonic nanostructure, mainly induced by the higher-order plasmonic dark modes, can be three or more orders of magnitude larger than that in the free space and it is ultra-sensitive to the emitter position and polarization. We show that this giant Lamb shift can be sensitively observed from the scattering spectrum dip shift of coupled system when the plasmonic nanoparticle or tip scans through the emitter. Based on these observations, we propose an optical localization and polarization microscopy scheme with sub-nanometer precision for a quantum emitter via detecting the scattering spectrum instead of fluorescence. Our method is free of fluorescence quenching problem and it is relatively easier to be implemented in the plasmon-emitter coupling system. Moreover, the sample in our method does not need to be placed inside a plasmonic picocavity to enhance the radiative fluorescence rate and it also works even if the quantum emitter is slightly below a dielectric surface which can bring about broader applications in various fields, such as physics, chemistry, medicine, life science and materials science.

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