Scattering of a single plasmon polariton by multiple atoms for in-plane control of light

Abstract

We study the interaction of a single photon in a surface plasmon polariton mode with multiple atoms. We propose a system of two atoms to achieve a tunable scattering from subscattering to superscattering regimes by changing the angle of the incident photon. We also demonstrate a perfect electromagnetically-induced transparency using two atoms with two-level structures. The proposed framework is efficiently scalable to a system with a large number of atoms and opens up the possibility of designing novel atom-based optical devices. We design an atomically thin parabolic mirror to focus single photons and form a quantum mirage in a cavity built from atoms.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Aug 28, 2020
Source ID
10.1515/nanoph-2020-0340

Entities

People

  • Meir Orenstein
  • Rituraj
  • Shanhui Fan

Organizations

  • Stanford University
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing