Guo, C., You, J.-B., Chen, Z., Zhang, W., Zhao, Q., & Zhou, Z.-K. (2021). Light–matter interactions in the coupling system of quantum emitter and hyperbolic nanorod. Applied Physics Letters, 118(22), 224002. doi:10.1063/5.0045991
Abstract:
Plasmonic nanostructures are widely applied to couple with quantum emitters (QEs), so as to improve the optical performances of QE and obtain advanced photonic devices such as the quantum photon source, quantum circuit, etc. However, the huge loss of plasmonic nanostructures greatly hinders the future development of plasmon-QE hybrid systems. Herein, we propose the hyperbolic nanorods (HNR) which are built by alternate Au and SiO2 thin layers. The size of HNR discussed in this paper is mainly around 40×50×60 nm3, which is a subwavelength size benefiting for device miniaturization and integration. The photonic resonant mode of HNR can be tuned by simply changing its length/width ratio. Due to the hybridization of the surface plasmon polariton resonances associated with each metal-dielectric interface, the HNR possesses the advantage of small mode volume (V) as the Au plasmonic nanorod (PNR) with similar size, and its mode quality factor (Q) can be larger due to the lower loss. Therefore, when coupled with a resonant QE, the Purcell factor in HNR/QE is ~20 times larger than that in the PNR/QE system. Furthermore, the HNR/QE hybrid also demonstrates obvious superiority over the PNR/QE in generating strong coupling and quantum entanglement. With the features of small V and low loss, it is believed that the HNR can not only greatly improve the optical properties of QE, but also it can be a powerful nanostructure for studying light-matter interactions.
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This research / project is supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Joint Grant
Grant Reference no. : NRF2017-NRF-NSFC002-015
This research / project is supported by the National Research Foundation - Quantum Engineering Programme
Grant Reference no. : QEP-SF1
This research / project is supported by the A*STAR - Career Development Award
Grant Reference no. : SC23/21-8007EP
Key R&D Program of Guangdong Province (2018B030329001), National Natural Science Foundation of China (11974437),
Guangdong Special Support Program (2017TQ04C487), Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young
Scholars (2017B030306007), Guangdong Natural Science Funds (2020A0505140004), Pearl River S&T Nova
Program of Guangzhou (201806010033), Open Fund of IPOC (BUPT) under Grant No. IPOC2019A003, Fundamental
Research Funds for the Central Universities, Sun Yat-sen University (20lgzd30), Special projects in key fields of
artificial intelligence in colleges and universities of Guangdong Province (2019KZDZX1042), Special Innovation
Project of Department of Education of Guangdong Province (2018KTSCX123
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