Revisiting quantum optics with single plasmons

Benjamin Vest; Ilan Shlesinger; Marie-Christine Dheur; Eloïse Devaux; Jean-Paul Hugonin; Jean-Jacques Greffet; Gaétan Messin; François Marquier

doi:10.1117/12.2320322

19 September 2018 Revisiting quantum optics with single plasmons

Benjamin Vest, Ilan Shlesinger, Marie-Christine Dheur, Eloïse Devaux, Jean-Paul Hugonin, Jean-Jacques Greffet, Gaétan Messin, François Marquier

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Proceedings Volume 10722, Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XVI; 107220A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320322
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The growing field of quantum plasmonics lies at the intersection between nanophotonics and quantum optics. QUantum plasmonics investigate the quantum properties of single surface plasmons, trying to reproduce fundamental and landmark quantum optics experiment that would benefit from the light-confinement properties of nanophotonic systems, thus paving the way towards the design of basic components dedicated to quantum experiments with sizes inferior to the diffraction limit. Several groups have recently reproduced fundamental quantum optics experiments with single surface plasmons polaritons (SPPs). We have investigated two situations of quantum interference of single SPPs on lossy beamsplitters : a plasmonic version of the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment, and the observation of plasmonic N00N states interferences. We numerically designed and fabricated several beamsplitters that reveal new quantum interference scenarios, such as the coalescence and the anti-coalescence of SPPs, or quantum non-linear absorption. Our work show that losses can be seen as a new degree of freedom in the design of plasmonic devices.

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Benjamin Vest, Ilan Shlesinger, Marie-Christine Dheur, Eloïse Devaux, Jean-Paul Hugonin, Jean-Jacques Greffet, Gaétan Messin, and François Marquier "Revisiting quantum optics with single plasmons", Proc. SPIE 10722, Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XVI, 107220A (19 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320322

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