title: Superresolution Moiré mapping of particle plasmon modes.
abstract: The spontaneous emission rate of a fluorophore provides a direct probe of the photonic local density of states at the fluorophore position. Here we exploit this capability to map the plasmonic modes of gold nanoparticles by imaging the fluorescence intensity in combined regular arrays of identical gold and fluorophore-doped polymer nanoparticles. By varying the distance between gold and polymer particles across the array, the fluorophore emission generates an optical Moiré pattern corresponding to a magnified spatial map of the plasmonic mode, which can be directly imaged with an optical microscope. Our results are corroborated by supplementary theoretical model calculations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics and Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Nanoscale Research, Karl-Franzens-University, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Koller
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hohenester
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hohenau
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ditlbacher
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Galler
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Aussenegg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leitner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trügler
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Krenn