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International Journal of Modern Physics B

Single photon routing based on the selective coupling of the side-branch in the Plasmonic hybrid nanosystem with dipole–dipole interaction

Su-Ryon Ri, Myong-Chol Ko, Nam-Chol Kim, Ju-Song Ryom, Chol-Min Kim, Gwang-Myong Ryom

Published Sep 7, 2023• 2 citations
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Abstract

We propose a theoretical model for the single photon quantum router that consists of two plasmonic waveguides, one of which is infinite and the other is semi-infinite, coupled to two two-level quantum dots (QDs) with dipole–dipole interaction (DDI). The infinite waveguide, the main branch, couples with both QDs, and the semi-infinite, the side branch, couples with the main branch at the position of one of the QDs. In such a system the incident single photon can also be transferred to the side branch, not only be transmitted or reflected. The results show that the transfer rate mainly depends on the coupling strength between the QDs and the two waveguides, but there exists a certain limit in the increase of the transfer rate. The DDI between the QDs gives a remarkable change to the routing spectra and the routing properties are different according to the position of the side branch. The proposed system is indeed multi-channel single photon quantum router, which has more practical significance than the one-dimensional router and can be employed in multi-user quantum networking.

DOI
10.1142/s0217979224503259

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