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4 October 2023 Nonlinear and quantum nano-optics with atomically-thin materials
Joel D. Cox
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Abstract
The intrinsically strong and actively tunable light-matter interactions available in atomically-thin materials offer unique opportunities to trigger nonlinear and quantum optical phenomena on the nanoscale. Here we discuss the excellent nonlinear optical response associated with plasmon polaritons in ultrathin crystalline noble metal films, exhibiting thickness-dependent properties and potentially lower loss than their amorphous counterparts, and in graphene heterostructures, characterized by extreme optical confinement and electrical tunability. We shall then explore strategies to harness strong light-matter interactions in atomically-thin materials to mediate single-photon-level nonlinear optical interactions on the nanoscale and to optically drive atomic systems into actively-tunable bistable states.
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Joel D. Cox "Nonlinear and quantum nano-optics with atomically-thin materials", Proc. SPIE PC12647, Active Photonic Platforms (APP) 2023, PC126471D (4 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2675611
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KEYWORDS
Nano optics

Graphene

Light-matter interactions

Metals

Optical properties

Polaritons

Quantum physics

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