title: Relaxation dynamics of a quantum emitter resonantly coupled to a metal nanoparticle.
abstract: The presence of a metal nanoparticle (MNP) near a quantum dipole emitter, when a localized surface plasmon mode is excited via the resonant coupling with an excited quantum dipole, dramatically changes the relaxation dynamics: an exponential decay changes to step-like behavior. The main physical consequence of this relaxation process is that the emission, being largely determined by the MNP, comes out with a substantial delay. A large number of system parameters in our analytical description opens new possibilities for controlling quantum emitter dynamics.
authors.forename: Khachatur V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Nerkararyan
authors.forename: Sergey I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bozhevolnyi