title: Strong anisotropic lifetime orientation distributions of a two-level quantum emitter around a plasmonic nanorod.
abstract: Spontaneous emission lifetime orientation distributions of a two-level quantum emitter in metallic nanorod structures are theoretically investigated by the rigorous electromagnetic Green function method. It was found that spontaneous emission lifetime strongly depended on the transition dipole orientation and the position of the emitter. The anisotropic factor defined as the ratio between the maximum and minimum values of the lifetimes along different dipole orientations can reach up to 10(3). It is much larger than those in dielectric structures which are only several times usually. Our results show that the localized plasmonic resonance effect provides a new degree of freedom to effectively control spontaneous emission by the dipole orientation of the quantum emitters.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
authors.forename: Jia-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Science, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
authors.forename: Jing-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China.
authors.forename: Yi-Cong
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
authors.forename: Ling-Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: 42.50.-p; 73.20.Mf; 78.67.Qa; Lifetime distribution; Nanorod; Spontaneous emission; Surface plasmons