Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states
Quantum plasmonics lies at the intersection between nanophotonics and quantum optics. Genuine quantum effects can be observed with non-classical states such as Fock states and with entangled states. A N00N state combines both aspects: it is a quantum superposition state of a Fock state with N excita...
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| author | Benjamin Vest Ilan Shlesinger Marie-Christine Dheur Éloïse Devaux Jean-Jacques Greffet Gaétan Messin François Marquier |
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| description | Quantum plasmonics lies at the intersection between nanophotonics and quantum optics. Genuine quantum effects can be observed with non-classical states such as Fock states and with entangled states. A N00N state combines both aspects: it is a quantum superposition state of a Fock state with N excitations in two spatial modes. Here we report the first observation of two-plasmon ( N = 2) N00N state interferences using a plasmonic beamsplitter etched on a planar interface between gold and air. We analyze in detail the role of losses at the beamsplitter and during the propagation along the metal/air interface. While the intrinsic losses of the beamsplitter are responsible for the emergence of quantum nonlinear absorption, we note that N00N states decay N times faster than classical states due to propagation losses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a29c5dbac7941aea1e85343bd6b91d92023-08-08T14:50:24ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302018-01-0120505305010.1088/1367-2630/aac24fPlasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N statesBenjamin Vest0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3640-4560Ilan Shlesinger1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-1926Marie-Christine Dheur2Éloïse Devaux3Jean-Jacques Greffet4Gaétan Messin5François Marquier6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-1150Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91127 Palaiseau cedex, FranceLaboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91127 Palaiseau cedex, FranceLaboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91127 Palaiseau cedex, FranceInstitut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg , F-67000 Strasbourg, FranceLaboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91127 Palaiseau cedex, FranceLaboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91127 Palaiseau cedex, FranceLaboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , F-91405 Orsay, FranceQuantum plasmonics lies at the intersection between nanophotonics and quantum optics. Genuine quantum effects can be observed with non-classical states such as Fock states and with entangled states. A N00N state combines both aspects: it is a quantum superposition state of a Fock state with N excitations in two spatial modes. Here we report the first observation of two-plasmon ( N = 2) N00N state interferences using a plasmonic beamsplitter etched on a planar interface between gold and air. We analyze in detail the role of losses at the beamsplitter and during the propagation along the metal/air interface. While the intrinsic losses of the beamsplitter are responsible for the emergence of quantum nonlinear absorption, we note that N00N states decay N times faster than classical states due to propagation losses.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aac24fquantum plasmonicssurface plasmonN00N statesquantum metrology |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin Vest Ilan Shlesinger Marie-Christine Dheur Éloïse Devaux Jean-Jacques Greffet Gaétan Messin François Marquier Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states New Journal of Physics quantum plasmonics surface plasmon N00N states quantum metrology |
| title | Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states |
| title_full | Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states |
| title_fullStr | Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states |
| title_short | Plasmonic interferences of two-particle N00N states |
| title_sort | plasmonic interferences of two particle n00n states |
| topic | quantum plasmonics surface plasmon N00N states quantum metrology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aac24f |
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