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A theoretical description of radiation-matter coupling for semiconductor-based photonic crystal slabs is presented, in which quantum wells are embedded within the waveguide core layer. A full quantum theory is developed, by quantizing both…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Gerace , L. C. Andreani

We present a simple model of collective plasmons in a dimerized chain of spherical metallic nanoparticles, an elementary example of a topologically nontrivial nanoplasmonic system. Taking into account long-range quasistatic dipolar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-23 Charles A. Downing , Guillaume Weick

Quantum plasmonics explores how light interacts with collective charge oscillations at metal-dielectric interfaces, enabling strong confinement and enhanced quantum effects at the nanoscale. While traditional quantum optics focuses on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Mingyuan Hong

Ultrastrong light-matter coupling has traditionally been studied in optical cavities, where it occurs when the light-matter coupling strength reaches a significant fraction of the transition frequency. This regime fundamentally alters the…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-13 Niclas S. Mueller , Eduardo B. Barros , Stephanie Reich

We show that the dynamics of the surface plasmon in metallic nanoparticles damped by its interaction with particle-hole excitations can be modelled by a single degree of freedom coupled to an environment. In this approach, the fast decrease…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Cesar Seoanez , Guillaume Weick , Rodolfo A. Jalabert , D. Weinmann

The transformation of electromagnetic energy into matter represents a fascinating prediction of relativistic quantum electrodynamics that is paradigmatically exemplified by the creation of electron-positron pairs out of light. However, this…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-23 Valerio Di Giulio , F. Javier García de Abajo

Localized surface plasmons are charge density oscillations confined to metallic nanoparticles. Excitation of localized surface plasmons by an electromagnetic field at an incident wavelength where resonance occurs results in a strong light…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Habib Ammari , Pierre Millien , Matias Ruiz , Hai Zhang

We perform numerical analysis of a finite nanoparticle array, in which the transversal dipolar polarizations are excited by a homogenous optical field. Considering the linearly long-range dipole-dipole interaction and the cubic dipole…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-18 Zhijie Mai , Shenhe Fu , Yongyao Li , Xing Zhu , Yikun Liu , Juntao Li

Topology is a powerful framework for controlling and manipulating light, minimizing detrimental perturbations on the photonic properties. Combining nanophotonics with topological concepts presents opportunities for both fundamental physics…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-29 Grazia Salerno

The random-phase-approximation semiclassical scheme for description of plasmon excitations in large metallic nanospheres, with radius range 10-60 nm, is formulated in an all-analytical version. The spectrum of plasmons is determined…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Jacak , J. Krasnyj , W. Jacak , R. Gonczarek , A. Chepok , L. Jacak

Gold nanoparticle assemblies show a strong plasmonic response due to the combined effects of the individual nanoparticles' plasmon modes. Increasing the number of nanoparticles in structured assemblies leads to significant shifts in the…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-13 Aditya K. Sahu , Satyabrata Raj

Point polarizable molecules at fixed spatial positions have solvable electrostatic properties in classical approximation, the most familiar being the Clausius-Mossotti (CM) formula. This paper generalizes the model and imagines various…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Philip B. Allen

We investigate the conditions yielding plasmon-exciton strong coupling at the single emitter level in the gap between two metal nanoparticles. A quasi-analytical transformation optics approach is developed that makes possible a thorough…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Rui-Qi Li , D. Hernangómez-Pérez , F. J. García-Vidal , A. I. Fernández-Domínguez

Hyperbolic materials offer a much wider freedom in designing optical properties of nanostructures than ones with isotropic and elliptical dispersion, both metallic or dielectric. Here, we present a detailed theoretical and numerical study…

We provide a comprehensive account of the optical, electrical and mechanical properties that emerge from the self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals or atomically precise nanoclusters into crystalline arrays with long-range order. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-15 Korath Shivan Sugi , Andre Maier , Marcus Scheele

Hybrid molecular-plasmonic nanostructures have demonstrated their potential for surface enhanced spectroscopies, sensing or quantum control at the nanoscale. In this work, we investigate the strong coupling regime and explicitly describe…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 H. Varguet , B. Rousseaux , D. Dzsotjan , H. Jauslin , S. Guerin , G. Colas des Francs

The localized surface plasmon resonance of metallic nanostructures produces strongly localized and enhanced near-field light, significantly contributing to nanophotonics research and applications. Plasmon nanofocusing represents another…

Plasmonic structures are known to support the modes with subwavelength volumes in which the field matter interactions are greatly enhanced. Coupling between the molecular excitations and plasmons leading to formation of plexcitons has been…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-27 Jacob B Khurgin

The optical properties of rod-like two-layer nanoparticles are studied using the notions of equivalent prolate spheroid. The calculations are presented for frequency dependencies for polarizability and the absorption and scattering…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-02 Ya. V. Karandas

The combination of nanodiamonds with plasmonic metal particles is being explored for synergic effects that can enhance biosensing and antibacterial treatments, energy harvesting, photocatalysis, and quantum centres. Here we systematically…