Quantum plasmonics: new opportunity in fundamental and applied photonics

D Xu, X Xiong, L Wu, XF Ren, CE Png… - Advances in Optics …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Surface plasmons allow electromagnetic fields to be confined to subwavelength scale, well
beyond the classical optical diffraction limit. With continuous reduction of optical mode …

Tailoring of typical color centers in diamond for photonics

K Liu, S Zhang, V Ralchenko, P Qiao, J Zhao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
On the demand of single‐photon entangled light sources and high‐sensitivity probes in the
fields of quantum information processing, weak magnetic field detection and biosensing, the …

On-chip excitation of single germanium vacancies in nanodiamonds embedded in plasmonic waveguides

H Siampour, S Kumar, VA Davydov… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Monolithic integration of quantum emitters in nanoscale plasmonic circuitry requires low-loss
plasmonic configurations capable of confining light well below the diffraction limit. We …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated single photon emitters

J Lee, V Leong, D Kalashnikov, J Dai, A Gandhi… - AVS Quantum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The realization of scalable systems for quantum information processing and networking is of
utmost importance to the quantum information community. However, building such systems …

Fluorescence enhancement of a single germanium vacancy center in a nanodiamond by a plasmonic Bragg cavity

S Kumar, C Wu, D Komisar, Y Kan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Germanium vacancy (GeV) centers in diamonds constitute a promising platform for single-
photon sources to be used in quantum information technologies. Emission from these color …

Silver nanowires with optimized silica coating as versatile plasmonic resonators

M Rothe, Y Zhao, G Kewes, Z Kochovski, W Sigle… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Metal nanoparticles are the most frequently used nanostructures in plasmonics. However,
besides nanoparticles, metal nanowires feature several advantages for applications. Their …

Effect of particle size on the optical properties of silicon‐vacancy centers in nanodiamonds fabricated by a detonation process

Y Makino, Y Saito, H Takehara, A Tsurui… - … status solidi (a), 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanodiamonds containing silicon‐vacancy centers (SiV‐NDs) are attracting attention as
promising fluorescent markers. Recently, the preparation of single‐digit‐nanometer‐sized …

Extremely confined gap-plasmon waveguide modes excited by nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamonds

S Kumar, SKH Andersen, SI Bozhevolnyi - ACS Photonics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Quantum emitters with high emission rates and efficiently coupled to optical waveguides are
in demand for various applications in quantum information technologies. Accurate …

Single photon emitters coupled to plasmonic waveguides: A review

S Kumar, SI Bozhevolnyi - Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During the last two decades, many research groups have demonstrated coupling of single
photon emitters to plasmonic waveguides, promising very high emission enhancements, for …

Excitation of hybrid plasmonic waveguide modes by colloidal quantum dots

S Kumar, SI Bozhevolnyi - ACS Photonics, 2019 - ACS Publications
Quantum information technologies will greatly benefit from efficiently coupled quantum
emitter–waveguide systems. Hybrid plasmonic waveguide modes are relatively low-loss …