Optics Express

Entanglement of quantum emitters interacting through an ultra-thin noble metal nanodisk

Vasilios D. Karanikolas

Published Jul 12, 2020• 8 citations

Abstract

Ultra-thin metallic nanodisks, supporting localized plasmon (LP) modes, are used as a platform to facilitate high entanglement between distant quantum emitters (QEs). High Purcell factors, with values above 103, are probed for a QE placed near to an ultra-thin metallic nanodisk, composed of the noble metals Au, Ag, Al, and Cu. The disk supports two sets of localized plasmon modes, which can be excited by QEs with different transition dipole moment orientations. The two QEs are placed on opposite sides of the nanodisk, and their concurrence is used as a measure of the entanglement. We observe that the pair of QEs remains entangled for a duration that surpasses the relaxation time of the individual QE interacting with the metallic disk. Simultaneously, the QEs reach the entangled steady state faster than in the case where the QEs are in free space. Our results reveal a high concurrence value for a QES separation distance of 60 nm, and a transition energy of 0.8 eV (λ = 1550 nm). The robustness exhibited by this system under study paves the way for future quantum applications.

DOI: 10.1364/oe.396268

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