Superconducting Hybrid Plasmonics
Abstract
The main objective is to investigate novel coupling in metal/semiconductor nano-structures. Initial successes in the growth of metallic indium islands by molecular beam epitaxy include both the observation of superconductivity below 3.3K and a collective plasmonic resonance tunable in wavelength from 1 to 8 microns. Superconductor/semiconductor nano-structures are currently the focus of the search for Majorana fermions which will be the next generation of fault-tolerant topological qubits as proposed by Kitaev, and the ability to emit photons from such a qubit will be the holy grail of quantum information science. Plasmonic/semiconductor systems will be useful in the development of new detectors with wavelength and polarization selectivity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 23, 2016
- Source ID
- FA95501510389
Entities
People
- Galina Khitrova
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Arizona