Condensation phenomena in plasmonics
Quantum Gases
2016-09-01 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Optics
Abstract
We study arrays of plasmonic nanoparticles combined with quantum emitters, quantum plasmonic lattices, as a platform for room temperature studies of quantum many-body physics. We outline a theory to describe surface plasmon polariton distributions when they are coupled to externally pumped molecules. The possibility of tailoring the dispersion in plasmonic lattices allows realization of a variety of distributions, including the Bose-Einstein distribution as in photon condensation. We show that the presence of losses can relax some of the standard dimensionality restrictions for condensation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1411.3182,
title = {Condensation phenomena in plasmonics},
author = {J. -P. Martikainen and M. O. J. Heikkinen and P. Törmä},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.3182},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
8 pages, 6 figures