Abstract

We theoretically investigate the bistable spontaneous emission behavior of a single emitter in the vicinity of a hybrid V O 2 –Au nanoshell. The hybrid nanoshell is illuminated by a continuous wave pump laser. The incident beam generates heat through light absorption and causes the V O 2 to undergo a phase change from semiconductor to metallic mode. Our calculation shows that for certain values, over a range of incident laser intensity [ 0.25 ( G W / m 2 ) < I < 0.84 ( G W / m 2 )], at the resonance wavelength of the V O 2 (semiconductor)–Au nanoshell ( λ = 630 n m ), there is a reasonable bistable contrast for the two spontaneous emission rate values: the radiative and nonradiative decay rates. Our results provide important general guidelines for enabling platforms for optical switching sources and tunable sensors.

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