Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage as a route to achieving optical control in plasmonics

Sukharev, Maxim; Malinovskaya, Svetlana

doi:10.1103/physreva.86.043406

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“…Below we explain the origin and sign of the numerically observed shift using a simple analytical model. We note that a similar effect was reported in the past in a study of an atomic layer coupled to a plasmonic system [33], where the field used in the quantum solution was taken to be of the form…”

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“…In addition, it is not straightforward to generalize this approach to treat multilevel systems. A more efficient technique is based on decoupling of the Liouville equation from the Maxwell equations, which results in improved numerical efficiency [29][30][31][32][33][34]. Alternatively, one can solve the rate equations for the population density [35][36][37][38][39][40].…”

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Self-interaction-free approaches for self-consistent solution of the Maxwell-Liouville equations

Deinega

Seideman

2014

Phys. Rev. A

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We propose two complementary approaches for solution of the coupled Maxwell-Liouville equations within the finite-difference time domain (FDTD) framework. The two methods are specifically designed to eliminate self-interaction, which often appears spuriously in simulation of the coupled Maxwell-Liouville equations, and hence can be used for modeling of single as well as ensembles of quantum emitters (such as molecules or quantum dots) in an arbitrary dielectric environment. One approach borrows from the familiar total field-scattered field technique that has been applied in the past in a different context. The second recognizes an opportunity to average over the electric field at a set of specifically chosen points around the quantum emitter. The methods introduced are applied to two problems of growing current interest that also present useful test cases. One is the modeling of spontaneous emission, where comparison with an analytical solution illustrates the accuracy and efficiency of the methodology. The second is quantum-emitter-induced transparency in a resonator formed by two gold ellipsoids, where Fano interferences suggest interesting potential applications.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-interaction-free approaches for self-consistent solution of the Maxwell-Liouville equations

Deinega

Seideman

2014

Phys. Rev. A

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“…Experimental and theoretical research on dense collections of atoms have studied numerous effects such as superradiance [1][2][3], dipole blockade [4], collective Lamb shift [5], etc. In nano-optics, the interest is in developing the properties of hybrid systems such as quantum dots or organic dye molecules in proximity to metal nanoparticles [6][7][8][9][10]. In all these studies, the type and strength of interactions between the quantum emitters (henceforth referred to as "atoms") are specific to the type of phenomenon studied.…”

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Single-particle model of a strongly driven, dense, nanoscale quantum ensemble

DiLoreto

Rangan

2018

Phys. Rev. A

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We study the effects of interatomic interactions on the quantum dynamics of a dense, nanoscale, atomic ensemble driven by a strong electromagnetic field. We use a self-consistent, mean-field technique based on the pseudo-spectral time-domain method, and a full, three-directional basis to solve the coupled Maxwell-Liouville equations. We find that interatomic interactions generate a decoherence in the state of an ensemble on a much faster timescale than the excited state lifetime of individual atoms. We present a novel single-particle model of the driven, dense ensemble by incorporating interactions into a dephasing rate. This single-particle model reproduces the essential physics of the full simulation, and is an efficient way of rapidly estimating the collective dynamics of a dense ensemble.

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“…coordinates must be written in spherical coordinates. [273,284] Alternatively one may work in Cartesian coordinates for both EM field and molecular dynamics operating in the basis of s, p orbitals. One can also invoke symmetry group algebra.…”

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Optics of exciton-plasmon nanomaterials

Sukharev

Nitzan

2017

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter

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This review provides a brief introduction to the physics of coupled exciton-plasmon systems, the theoretical description and experimental manifestation of such phenomena, followed by an account of the state-of-the-art methodology for the numerical simulations of such phenomena and supplemented by a number of FORTRAN codes, by which the interested reader can introduce himself/herself to the practice of such simulations. Applications to CW light scattering as well as transient response and relaxation are described. Particular attention is given to so-called strong coupling limit, where the hybrid exciton-plasmon nature of the system response is strongly expressed. While traditional descriptions of such phenomena usually rely on analysis of the electromagnetic response of inhomogeneous dielectric environments that individually support plasmon and exciton excitations, here we explore also the consequences of a more detailed description of the molecular environment in terms of its quantum density matrix (applied in a mean field approximation level). Such a description makes it possible to account for characteristics that cannot be described by the dielectric response model: the effects of dephasing on the molecular response on one hand, and nonlinear response on the other. It also highlights the still missing important ingredients in the numerical approach, in particular its limitation to a classical description of the radiation field and its reliance on a mean field description of the many-body molecular system. We end our review with an outlook to the near future, where these limitations will be addressed and new novel applications of the numerical approach will be pursued.

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Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage as a route to achieving optical control in plasmonics

Cited by 26 publications

References 41 publications

Self-interaction-free approaches for self-consistent solution of the Maxwell-Liouville equations

Self-interaction-free approaches for self-consistent solution of the Maxwell-Liouville equations

Single-particle model of a strongly driven, dense, nanoscale quantum ensemble

Optics of exciton-plasmon nanomaterials

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