Nanoplasmonics has recently revolutionized our ability to control light on the nanoscale.
Using metallic nanostructures with tailored shapes, it is possible to efficiently focus light into …

Their intrinsic properties render single quantum systems as ideal tools for quantum
enhanced sensing and microscopy. As an additional benefit, their size is typically on an …

We show that a broadband Fabry–Perot microcavity can assist an emitter coupled to an off-
resonant plasmonic nanoantenna to inhibit the nonradiative channels that affect the …

Control of the radiative properties of functional molecules near metals is a key issue in nano-
optics, and is particularly important in the fields of energy transfer and light manipulation at …

Plasmonic nanocavities are able to engineer and confine electromagnetic fields to
subwavelength volumes. In the past decade, they have enabled a large set of applications …

Plasmonic nanoconstructs are widely exploited to confine light for applications ranging from
quantum emitters to medical imaging and biosensing. However, accessing extreme near …

Spontaneous emission of fluorescent molecules or quantum dots is radiated along all
directions when emitters are diluted in a liquid solution, which severely limits the amount of …

Imaging the optical properties of individual nanosystems beyond fluorescence can provide a
wealth of information. However, the minute signals for absorption and dispersion are …

Tautomerization, the interconversion between two constitutional molecular isomers, is
ubiquitous in nature, plays a major role in chemistry and is perceived as an ideal switch …

The interaction of dyes and metallic nanostructures strongly affects the fluorescence and can
lead to significant fluorescence enhancement at plasmonic hot spots, but also to quenching …