title: Towards a full characterization of a plasmonic nanostructure with a fluorescent near-field probe.
abstract: We report on the experimental and theoretical study of the spatial fluctuations of the local density of states (EM-LDOS) and of the fluorescence intensity in the near-field of a gold nanoantenna. EM-LDOS, fluorescence intensity and topography maps are acquired simultaneously by scanning a fluorescent nanosource grafted on the tip of an atomic force microscope at the surface of the sample. The results are in good quantitative agreement with numerical simulations. This work paves the way for a full near-field characterization of an optical nanoantenna.
authors.affiliation: Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech & CNRS UMR 7587, 1 rue Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France. valentina.krachmalnicoff@espci.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krachmalnicoff
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cazé
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castanié
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pierrat
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bardou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carminati
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: De Wilde
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*