Photon statistics of a quantum emitter close to a lattice of plasmonic nanoparticles

We study theoretically the statistics of photons generated by a quantum emitter located in the vicinity of a periodic plasmonic nanostructure. The presented formalism is based on a macroscopic QED formalism in conjunction with a density-matrix approach in order to obtain the second-order correlation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Carreño Sánchez, Fernando, Yannopapas, V., Antón Revilla, Miguel Ángel, Paspalakis, Emmanuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/13610
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13610
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535.14
539.2:620.1
533.9
Photon statistics
Quantum foundations
Quantum optics
Quantum theory
Plasmonic nanoparticles
Partículas
Teoría de los quanta
Óptica física, óptica cuántica
2208 Nucleónica
2210.23 Teoría Cuántica
2209.19 Óptica física
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Sumario:We study theoretically the statistics of photons generated by a quantum emitter located in the vicinity of a periodic plasmonic nanostructure. The presented formalism is based on a macroscopic QED formalism in conjunction with a density-matrix approach in order to obtain the second-order correlation function of the emitted photons accounting for the influence of the plasmonic environment. The metallic reservoir coupling is computed using Green's-function theory, which, for a periodic lattice of scatterers, is calculated by a multiple-scattering method. We show that the photon statistics and the antibunching of emitted photons depend very strongly on the orientation of the quantum emitter relative to the lattice, on the transition frequency of the emitter, on the intensity of the applied field, and on the geometrical parameters of the nanoparticles, such as the shell thickness.