Maxwell meets Schrödinger: properties of hybrid quantum-plasmonic systems
Event details
| Date | 15.01.2014 |
| Hour | 14:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Carsten Rockstuhl, Karlsruhe Institue of Technology |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Metallic nanostructures that sustain surface plasmon polaritons allow to control electromagnetic field at the nanoscale. The localization of light into tiny spatial domains, large field gradients, and hot spots are some of the most appealing properties of plasmons. Plasmons allow especially to enhance the interaction of light with other nanoscopic systems that require a quantum mechanical treatment. Examples for such systems would be atoms, molecules, or quantum dots.
With the purpose to reliably predict observable effects and to devise potential applications of such hybrid quantum-plasmonic systems, it is of utmost importance to combine electromagnetic with quantum simulations. This can be done at different levels of approximation and while emphasizing different aspects of the hybrid system.
In this presentation, I will give an overview on our latest research activities in this field. I put emphasis on work where we use a nanoplasmonic cavity quantum electrodynamics formalism to access the strong coupling regime in nanoptics and on work where we combine solutions to Maxwell’s equations with real-time time-dependent functional theory to understand the intriguing interplay between electromagnetic and chemical effects of systems where molecules are attached to metallic nanoparticles.
With the purpose to reliably predict observable effects and to devise potential applications of such hybrid quantum-plasmonic systems, it is of utmost importance to combine electromagnetic with quantum simulations. This can be done at different levels of approximation and while emphasizing different aspects of the hybrid system.
In this presentation, I will give an overview on our latest research activities in this field. I put emphasis on work where we use a nanoplasmonic cavity quantum electrodynamics formalism to access the strong coupling regime in nanoptics and on work where we combine solutions to Maxwell’s equations with real-time time-dependent functional theory to understand the intriguing interplay between electromagnetic and chemical effects of systems where molecules are attached to metallic nanoparticles.
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- Toralf SCHARF and Hans Peter Herzig
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