Quantum-coherence-enhanced surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Academic Article

abstract

• We investigate surface plasmon amplification in a silver nanoparticle coupled to an externally driven three-level gain medium and show that quantum coherence significantly enhances the generation of surface plasmons. Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation is achieved in the absence of population inversion on the spasing transition, which reduces the pump requirements. The coherent drive allows us to control the dynamics and holds promise for quantum control of nanoplasmonic devices.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• Phys Rev Lett

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Dorfman, K. E., Jha, P. K., Voronine, D. V., Genevet, P., Capasso, F., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 87

complete list of authors

• Dorfman, Konstantin E||Jha, Pankaj K||Voronine, Dmitri V||Genevet, Patrice||Capasso, Federico||Scully, Marlan O

publication date

• July 2013

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5108 Quantum Physics
• Biotechnology

PubMed Central ID

• 23931365

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.043601

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/180044

start page

• 043601

volume

• 111

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.111.043601