Nature Communications (May 2017)

Sub-nanometre control of the coherent interaction between a single molecule and a plasmonic nanocavity

  • Yao Zhang,
  • Qiu-Shi Meng,
  • Li Zhang,
  • Yang Luo,
  • Yun-Jie Yu,
  • Ben Yang,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Ruben Esteban,
  • Javier Aizpurua,
  • Yi Luo,
  • Jin-Long Yang,
  • Zhen-Chao Dong,
  • J G Hou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15225
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Assessing the coupling between a plasmonic nanocavity and a single quantum emitter is challenging due to the lack of spatial control at the atomic scale. Here Zhanget al. achieve control with sub-nanometre precision and demonstrate the Fano resonance and Lamb shift at the single-molecule level.