%0 Journal Article %1 feichtner2017matching %A Feichtner, Thorsten %A Christiansen, Silke %A Hecht, Bert %D 2017 %J Phys. Rev. Lett. %K antenna experiment nano-optics %N 21 %P 217401 %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.217401 %T Mode Matching for Optical Antennas %V 119 %X The emission rate of a point dipole can be strongly increased in the presence of a well-designed optical antenna. Yet, optical antenna design is largely based on radio-frequency rules, ignoring, e.g., Ohmic losses and non-negligible field penetration in metals at optical frequencies. Here, we combine reciprocity and Poynting’s theorem to derive a set of optical-frequency antenna design rules for benchmarking and optimizing the performance of optical antennas driven by single quantum emitters. Based on these findings a novel plasmonic cavity antenna design is presented exhibiting a considerably improved performance compared to a reference two-wire antenna. Our work will be useful for the design of high-performance optical antennas and nanoresonators for diverse applications ranging from quantum optics to antenna-enhanced single-emitter spectroscopy and sensing.

@article{feichtner2017matching, abstract = {The emission rate of a point dipole can be strongly increased in the presence of a well-designed optical antenna. Yet, optical antenna design is largely based on radio-frequency rules, ignoring, e.g., Ohmic losses and non-negligible field penetration in metals at optical frequencies. Here, we combine reciprocity and Poynting’s theorem to derive a set of optical-frequency antenna design rules for benchmarking and optimizing the performance of optical antennas driven by single quantum emitters. Based on these findings a novel plasmonic cavity antenna design is presented exhibiting a considerably improved performance compared to a reference two-wire antenna. Our work will be useful for the design of high-performance optical antennas and nanoresonators for diverse applications ranging from quantum optics to antenna-enhanced single-emitter spectroscopy and sensing.}, added-at = {2020-02-24T11:48:18.000+0100}, author = {Feichtner, Thorsten and Christiansen, Silke and Hecht, Bert}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21f089412294a80f54683b4fff45e05b3/ep5optics}, day = 21, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.217401}, file = {APS Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\scherzad\\Zotero\\storage\\QIUXQ95A\\PhysRevLett.119.html:text/html;Feichtner et al. - 2017 - Mode Matching for Optical Antennas.pdf:C\:\\Users\\scherzad\\Zotero\\storage\\CSTYY2VS\\Feichtner et al. - 2017 - Mode Matching for Optical Antennas.pdf:application/pdf}, interhash = {b4a9d1576b398d33f7338fb08497eb04}, intrahash = {1f089412294a80f54683b4fff45e05b3}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, keywords = {antenna experiment nano-optics}, month = {11}, note = {<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.05399" style="font-style: normal;">&raquo; arXiv:1611.05399 (2016)</a>}, number = 21, pages = 217401, timestamp = {2020-03-10T12:51:31.000+0100}, title = {Mode Matching for Optical Antennas}, urldate = {2020-02-24}, volume = 119, year = 2017 }