Optically Switchable Fluorescence Enhancement at Critical Interparticle Distances

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.11541v2
• Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:42:40 GMT
• Title: Optically Switchable Fluorescence Enhancement at Critical Interparticle Distances
• Authors: Arda Gulucu, Emre Ozan Polat,
• Abstract summary: Plasmonic nanostructures provide local field enhancement to be used as efficiency-boosting tools in fluorescence-based applications.<n>In this work, we demonstrate an optical switch for the fluorescence efficiency of a CdSe/ZnS core-shell QD by optically exciting the silver nanoparticles.
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• Abstract: Plasmonic nanostructures provide local field enhancement to be used as efficiency-boosting tools in fluorescence-based applications. For photostable quantum dots (QDs) to have enhanced emission, their size and exact location in the proximity of plasmonic nanostructure become key parameters while constructing light emitting devices. However, plasmonic nanostructures mostly suffer from non-radiative energy transfer at close proximity, which hinders the ultimate performance of fluorophores. In this work, we provided critical interparticle distances through finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations, where the radiative decay rate is equalized to the non-radiative counterpart for light emitting QD-based technologies. To show the promises of the QD placement at a critical distance, we demonstrate an optical switch for the fluorescence efficiency of a CdSe/ZnS core-shell QD (CSQD) by optically exciting the silver nanoparticle (AgNP) placed at a critical distance. While the provided single particle spectroscopy allows for the observation of heterogeneity in CSQD-AgNP coupling that is often masked in ensemble measurements, our benchmark study serves as a base reference for the development of QD-based light emitting technologies by resolving the optically switchable active tuning of radiative decay rates.

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