Condensation phenomena in plasmonics

J.-P. Martikainen, M. O. J. Heikkinen, and P. Törmä
Phys. Rev. A 90, 053604 – Published 5 November 2014

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 [Klaers et al., Nature (London) 468, 545 (2010)]. We show that the presence of losses can relax some of the standard dimensionality restrictions for condensation.

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  • Received 27 June 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.053604

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J.-P. Martikainen*, M. O. J. Heikkinen, and P. Törmä

  • COMP Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 15100, Fi-00076 Aalto, Finland

  • *jani-petri.martikainen@aalto.fi
  • paivi.torma@aalto.fi

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Vol. 90, Iss. 5 — November 2014

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