Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons
Phonon polaritons are guided hybrid modes of photons and optical phonons that can propagate on the surface of a polar dielectric. In this work, we show that the precise combination of confinement and bandwidth offered by phonon polaritons allows for the ability to create highly efficient sources of...
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| author | Rivera, Nicholas H. Rosolen, Gilles D Joannopoulos, John Kaminer, Ido Efraim Soljacic, Marin |
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| description | Phonon polaritons are guided hybrid modes of photons and optical phonons that can propagate on the surface of a polar dielectric. In this work, we show that the precise combination of confinement and bandwidth offered by phonon polaritons allows for the ability to create highly efficient sources of polariton pairs in the mid-IR/terahertz frequency ranges. Specifically, these polar dielectrics can cause emitters to preferentially decay by the emission of pairs of phonon polaritons, instead of the previously dominant single-photon emission. We show that such two-photon emission processes can occur on nanosecond time scales and can be nearly 2 orders of magnitude faster than competing singlephoton transitions, as opposed to being as much as 8-10 orders of magnitude slower in free space. These results are robust to the choice of polar dielectric, allowing potentially versatile implementation in a host of materials such as hexagonal boron nitride, silicon carbide, and others. Our results suggest a design strategy for quantum light sources in the mid-IR/terahertz: ones that prefer to emit a relatively broad spectrum of photon pairs, potentially allowing for new sources of both single and multiple photons. Keywords: two-photon processes; phonon polaritons; light–matter interactions; Purcell effect; nanophotonics |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1177512022-10-01T05:24:03Z Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons Rivera, Nicholas H. Rosolen, Gilles D Joannopoulos, John Kaminer, Ido Efraim Soljacic, Marin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Rivera, Nicholas H. Rosolen, Gilles D Joannopoulos, John Kaminer, Ido Efraim Soljacic, Marin Phonon polaritons are guided hybrid modes of photons and optical phonons that can propagate on the surface of a polar dielectric. In this work, we show that the precise combination of confinement and bandwidth offered by phonon polaritons allows for the ability to create highly efficient sources of polariton pairs in the mid-IR/terahertz frequency ranges. Specifically, these polar dielectrics can cause emitters to preferentially decay by the emission of pairs of phonon polaritons, instead of the previously dominant single-photon emission. We show that such two-photon emission processes can occur on nanosecond time scales and can be nearly 2 orders of magnitude faster than competing singlephoton transitions, as opposed to being as much as 8-10 orders of magnitude slower in free space. These results are robust to the choice of polar dielectric, allowing potentially versatile implementation in a host of materials such as hexagonal boron nitride, silicon carbide, and others. Our results suggest a design strategy for quantum light sources in the mid-IR/terahertz: ones that prefer to emit a relatively broad spectrum of photon pairs, potentially allowing for new sources of both single and multiple photons. Keywords: two-photon processes; phonon polaritons; light–matter interactions; Purcell effect; nanophotonics United States. Army Research Office (Contract W911NF-13-D-0001) United States. Department of Energy (Grant DE-FG02-97ER25308) 2018-09-13T19:09:47Z 2018-09-13T19:09:47Z 2017-12 2017-08 2018-09-05T16:52:07Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0027-8424 1091-6490 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117751 Rivera, Nicholas et al. “Making Two-Photon Processes Dominate One-Photon Processes Using Mid-IR Phonon Polaritons.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 52 (December 2017): 13607–13612 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2691-1892 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-5831 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.1713538114 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) PNAS |
| spellingShingle | Rivera, Nicholas H. Rosolen, Gilles D Joannopoulos, John Kaminer, Ido Efraim Soljacic, Marin Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons |
| title | Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons |
| title_full | Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons |
| title_fullStr | Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons |
| title_short | Making two-photon processes dominate one-photon processes using mid-IR phonon polaritons |
| title_sort | making two photon processes dominate one photon processes using mid ir phonon polaritons |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117751 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2691-1892 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-5831 |
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