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All-optical switching of continuous-variable entanglement in an absorption-suppressed plasmonic nanodimer

Quantum Physics 2026-06-29 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics

Abstract

A subwavelength quantum-photonic circuit element should simultaneously generate nonclassical light, suppress plasmonic loss, and remain dynamically tunable. We show that an orthogonal plasmonic nanorod dimer can satisfy all three requirements. A phase-locked control polarization induces plasmonic refractive-index enhancement, driving the probe response toward a near-zero-extinction regime while simultaneously tuning the local second-harmonic parametric interaction. The resulting nonlinear plasmonic source operates in an absorption-suppressed regime and enables all-optical control of quantum correlations. We demonstrate switchable logarithmic negativity and single-mode nonclassicality, establishing a route toward actively tunable quantum-plasmonic circuit elements operating well below the diffraction limit.

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@article{arxiv.2606.30315,
  title  = {All-optical switching of continuous-variable entanglement in an absorption-suppressed plasmonic nanodimer},
  author = {Elif Ozturk and Mehmet Gunay and Ramazan Sahin and Mehmet Emre Tasgin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.30315},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures