Tailoring light-matter interaction with a nanoscale plasmon resonator

Nathalie P. De Leon, Brendan J. Shields, Chun L. Yu, Dirk E. Englund, Alexey V. Akimov, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a new approach for achieving enhanced light-matter interactions with quantum emitters. Our approach makes use of a plasmon resonator composed of defect-free, highly crystalline silver nanowires surrounded by patterned dielectric distributed Bragg reflectors. These resonators have an effective mode volume (V eff) 2 orders of magnitude below the diffraction limit and a quality factor (Q) approaching 100, enabling enhancement of spontaneous emission rates by a factor exceeding 75 at the cavity resonance. We also show that these resonators can be used to convert a broadband quantum emitter to a narrow-band single-photon source with color-selective emission enhancement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number226803
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume108
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - May 31 2012
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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