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Generation of photon-plasmon quantum states in nonlinear hyperbolic metamaterials

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-09-19 v1 Optics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We develop a general theoretical framework of integrated paired photon-plasmon generation through spontaneous wave mixing in nonlinear plasmonic and metamaterial nanostructures, rigorously accounting for material dispersion and losses in quantum regime through the electromagnetic Green function. We identify photon-plasmon correlations in layered metal-dielectric structures with 70% internal heralding quantum efficiency, and reveal novel mechanism of broadband generation enhancement due to topological transition in hyperbolic metamaterials.

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@article{arxiv.1601.08093,
  title  = {Generation of photon-plasmon quantum states in nonlinear hyperbolic metamaterials},
  author = {Alexander N. Poddubny and Ivan V. Iorsh and Andrey A. Sukhorukov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.08093},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures