Quantum plasmonics

MS Tame, KR McEnery, ŞK Özdemir, J Lee, SA Maier… - Nature Physics, 2013 - nature.com
Quantum plasmonics is a rapidly growing field of research that involves the study of the
quantum properties of light and its interaction with matter at the nanoscale. Here, surface …

Two-photon interference: the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect

F Bouchard, A Sit, Y Zhang, R Fickler… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly 30 years ago, two-photon interference was observed, marking the beginning of a
new quantum era. Indeed, two-photon interference has no classical analogue, giving it a …

Multiparticle quantum plasmonics

C You, AC Nellikka, I De Leon, OS Magaña-Loaiza - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
A single photon can be coupled to collective charge oscillations at the interfaces between
metals and dielectrics forming a single surface plasmon. The electromagnetic near-fields …

Two-plasmon quantum interference

JS Fakonas, H Lee, YA Kelaita, HA Atwater - Nature Photonics, 2014 - nature.com
Surface plasma waves on metals arise from the collective oscillation of many free electrons
in unison. These waves are usually quantized by direct analogy to electromagnetic fields in …

Quantum interference in plasmonic circuits

RW Heeres, LP Kouwenhoven, V Zwiller - Nature nanotechnology, 2013 - nature.com
Surface plasmon polaritons (plasmons) are a combination of light and a collective oscillation
of the free electron plasma at metal/dielectric interfaces. This interaction allows …

Observation of quantum interference in the plasmonic Hong-Ou-Mandel effect

G Di Martino, Y Sonnefraud, MS Tame… - Physical Review …, 2014 - APS
Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are electromagnetic excitations coupled to electron-
charge density waves at metal-dielectric interfaces. They have recently been found to …

Quantum spectroscopy of plasmonic nanostructures

DA Kalashnikov, Z Pan, AI Kuznetsov, LA Krivitsky - Physical Review X, 2014 - APS
We use frequency-entangled photons, generated via spontaneous parametric down
conversion, to measure the broadband spectral response of an array of gold nanoparticles …

Strong and coherent coupling between localized and propagating phonon polaritons

CR Gubbin, F Martini, A Politi, SA Maier, S De Liberato - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Following the recent observation of localized phonon polaritons in user-defined silicon
carbide nanoresonators, here we demonstrate strong and coherent coupling between those …

High-visibility on-chip quantum interference of single surface plasmons

YJ Cai, M Li, XF Ren, CL Zou, X Xiong, HL Lei… - Physical Review …, 2014 - APS
In this work, the on-chip quantum interference of two single surface plasmons is achieved
using dielectric-loaded surface-plasmon-polariton waveguides. The high visibility (greater …

Direct observation of bosonic quantum interference of surface plasmon polaritons using photon-number-resolving detectors

G Fujii, D Fukuda, S Inoue - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Quantum plasmonics is a field of research combining plasmonics with quantum optics and
investigates interactions between photons and metallic nanostructures. So far, it has been …