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Published February 2011 | public
Journal Article

Enhancing the Radiative Rate in III-V Semiconductor Plasmonic Core-Shell Nanowire Resonators

Abstract

We investigate the radiative properties of plasmonic core-shell nanowire resonators and, using boundary element method calculations, demonstrate enhanced radiative decay rate by up to 3500 times in nanoscale compound semi-conductor/metal cavities. Calculation of the local density of optical states enables identification of new types of modes in cavities with mode volumes on the order of 10^(-4)(λ/n)^3. These modes dramatically enhance the radiative decay rate and significantly modify the polarization of far-field emission.

Additional Information

© 2011 American Chemical Society. Received: August 13, 2010; Revised: October 20, 2010. Article ASAP January 18, 2011. Published In Issue February 09, 2011. The authors acknowledge K. Aydin, R. Briggs, A. Hiszpanski, D. O'Carroll, and I. Pryce for insightful discussions and financial support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant FA9550-09-1-0673. C.E.H. acknowledges fellowship support from the NSF and DOD.

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