TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum plasmonic circuits
AU - De Leon, Nathalie P.
AU - Lukin, Mikhail D.
AU - Park, Hongkun
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received February 27, 2012; revised April 23, 2012; accepted April 24, 2012. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Packard Foundation, and the NSF and National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Research Fellowships.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Interactions between light and matter can be dramatically modified by concentrating light into a small volume for a long period of time. Gaining control over such interaction is critical for realizing many schemes for classical and quantum information processing, including optical and quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and metrology and sensing. Plasmonic structures are capable of confining light to nanometer scales far below the diffraction limit, thereby providing a promising route for strong coupling between light and matter, as well as miniaturization of photonic circuits. At the same time, however, the performance of plasmonic circuits is limited by losses and poor collection efficiency, presenting unique challenges that need to be overcome for quantum plasmonic circuits to become a reality. In this paper, we survey recent progress in controlling emission from quantum emitters using plasmonic structures, as well as efforts to engineer surface plasmon propagation and design plasmonic circuits using these elements.
AB - Interactions between light and matter can be dramatically modified by concentrating light into a small volume for a long period of time. Gaining control over such interaction is critical for realizing many schemes for classical and quantum information processing, including optical and quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and metrology and sensing. Plasmonic structures are capable of confining light to nanometer scales far below the diffraction limit, thereby providing a promising route for strong coupling between light and matter, as well as miniaturization of photonic circuits. At the same time, however, the performance of plasmonic circuits is limited by losses and poor collection efficiency, presenting unique challenges that need to be overcome for quantum plasmonic circuits to become a reality. In this paper, we survey recent progress in controlling emission from quantum emitters using plasmonic structures, as well as efforts to engineer surface plasmon propagation and design plasmonic circuits using these elements.
KW - Integrated photonic circuits
KW - optoelectronic devices
KW - plasmons
KW - quantum optics
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U2 - 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2197179
DO - 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2197179
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84866304848
SN - 1077-260X
VL - 18
SP - 1781
EP - 1791
JO - IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
JF - IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
IS - 6
M1 - 6193116
ER -