Abstract
Nanofabrication of photonic components based on dielectric-loaded surface plasmon-polariton waveguides (DLSPPWs) excited by single nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamonds is demonstrated. DLSPPW circuits are built around NV containing nanodiamonds, which are certified to be single-photon emitters, using electron-beam lithography of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) resist on silver-coated silicon substrates. A propagation length of ~20 {\mu}m for the NV single-photon emission is measured with DLSPPWs. A 5-fold enhancement in the total decay rate and up to 63% coupling efficiency to the DLSPPW mode is achieved, indicating significant mode confinement. Finally, we demonstrate routing of single plasmons with DLSPPW-based directional cou-plers, revealing the potential of our approach for on-chip realization of quantum-optical networks.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1879-1884 |
| Journal | ACS Photonics |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 03 Aug 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Aug 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- physics.optics
- cond-mat.mes-hall
- quant-ph
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