Strong coupling of single emitters to surface plasmons

Details Strong coupling of single emitters to surface plasmons Strong coupling of single emitters to surface plasmons

2006-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0603221v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

34 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.035420

We propose a method that enables strong, coherent coupling between individual optical emitters and electromagnetic excitations in conducting nano-structures. The excitations are optical plasmons that can be localized to sub-wavelength dimensions. Under realistic conditions, the tight confinement causes optical emission to be almost entirely directed into the propagating plasmon modes via a mechanism analogous to cavity quantum electrodynamics. We first illustrate this result for the case of a nanowire, before considering the optimized geometry of a nanotip. We describe an application of this technique involving efficient single-photon generation on demand, in which the plasmons are efficiently out-coupled to a dielectric waveguide. Finally we analyze the effects of increased scattering due to surface roughness on these nano-structures.

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