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Title
Optical properties of hybrid nanomaterials
Description
The interaction of light with nanoscale structures consisting of metal and two-level quantum emitters is investigated computationally. A method of tilting the incoming electromagnetic wave is used to demonstrate coupling between a sinusoidal grating and two-level quantum emitters. A system consisting of metallic v-grooves and two-level emitters is thoroughly explored in the linear regime, where the spatially uniform fields provide a unique means of characterizing the coupling between the v-grooves and emitters. Furthermore, subwavelength spatial effects in the ground state population of emitters in the v-grooves are observed and analyzed in the non-linear regime. Finally, photon echoes are explored in the case of a one-dimensional ensemble of interacting two-level emitters as well as two-level emitters coupled to metallic slits, demonstrating the influence of collective effects on the echo amplitude in the former and the modifcation of the photon echo due to interaction with surface plasmons on the slits in the latter.
Date Created
2016
Contributors
- Blake, Adam H (Author)
- Sukharev, Maxim (Thesis advisor)
- Treacy, Mike (Committee member)
- Shovkovy, Igor (Committee member)
- Drucker, Jeff (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
vii, 76 pages : illustrations (some color)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.40736
Statement of Responsibility
by Adam H. Blake
Description Source
Retrieved on March 8, 2017
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2016
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-76)
Field of study: Physics
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- 2016-12-01 07:02:16
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- 2021-08-30 01:20:40
- 3 years 2 months ago
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