Generation and Controlled Routing of Single Plasmons on a Chip

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Abstract

We demonstrate the excitation of single surface plasmon polaritons on a silver nanowire using a nitrogen vacancy center and the subsequent controlled coupling to a second silver nanowire. The coupling efficiency and thus the splitting ratio between the nanowires is controlled by adjusting the gap size between the wires with an atomic force microscope. By numerical methods, we estimate the splitting ratios for different gap sizes, and the results support the values obtained in the experiment.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNano Letters
Volume14
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)663-669
ISSN1530-6984
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • CHEMISTRY,
  • NANOSCIENCE
  • MATERIALS
  • PHYSICS,
  • WAVE-GUIDE
  • PROPAGATION
  • NANOWIRES
  • SILVER
  • FILMS
  • NV-center
  • plasmon
  • routing
  • Silver nanowire
  • nanodiamond
  • silver nanowire
  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Electromagnetic wave polarization
  • Nanodiamonds
  • Nanowires
  • Plasmons
  • Controlled coupling
  • Coupling efficiency
  • Nitrogen-vacancy center
  • Silver nanowires
  • Splitting ratio
  • Surface plasmon polaritons
  • Electric resistance measurement

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