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Inicio: 01/03/2016, Fin: 29/12/2018.
Objetivos
Objetivos del proyecto
The aim of this innovative and high-impact interdisciplinary proposal is to investigate the potential properties and applicationsof plasmonic metallic nanostructures that enable the confinement of light to scales beyond the diffraction limit, known asquantum plasmonics. Latest studies have revealed the quantization of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). It could be thestepping stone for the generation of miniaturized photonic components for the qu...
The aim of this innovative and high-impact interdisciplinary proposal is to investigate the potential properties and applicationsof plasmonic metallic nanostructures that enable the confinement of light to scales beyond the diffraction limit, known asquantum plasmonics. Latest studies have revealed the quantization of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). It could be thestepping stone for the generation of miniaturized photonic components for the quantum control of light. This implies that theSPPs would represent a totally new sort of information carrier for nanoscale circuitry, enabling a revolutionary bridgebetween current diffraction-limited microphotonics and bandwith-limited nanoelectronics, paving the way for integratedquantum information processing. Thus, in a first stage we will develop integrated nanoscale quantum plasmonics buildingblocks on-a-chip, such as efficient single-photon sources or transistors, which is the component required for the fabricationof true nanoscale quantum computing logic gates. We also plan to exploit the low-Ohmic-losses and prospects for largescale production of ultra-compact cutting-edge graphene plasmonic circuits. This research will be lastly applied to singlemolecule sensing. Experiments will be performed using innovative techniques for nanofabrication of photonic nanostructuresand for characterization. The expected results will allow taking advantage of quantum interference effects, setting up theoptical response of the extremely low losses Long Range (LR) SPPs modes within a quantum framework and showing thatgraphene layers produce strong light-matter interaction and extreme optical field confinement. The results will be comparedwith ab initio simulations, giving a precise and consistent experimental and theoretical panorama of quantum plasmonics.
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