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Subradiant entanglement in plasmonic nanocavities

Kalun Bedingfield, Ben Yuen, and Angela Demetriadou*

  • *Contact author: a.demetriadou@bham.ac.uk
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Phys. Rev. B 111, 075420 – Published 18 February, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.075420

Abstract

Plasmonic nanocavities are known for their extreme field enhancement and subwavelength light confinement in gaps of just a few nanometers. Pairing this with the ability to host quantum emitters, they form highly promising platforms to control or engineer quantum states at room temperature. Here, we use the lossy nature of plasmonic nanocavities to form subradiant entangled states between two or more quantum emitters, that persist for ∼100 times longer than the plasmonic excitation. We develop a theoretical description that directly links quantum variables to experimentally measurable quantities, such as the extinction cross section, and unlike previous studies includes plasmonic excitations necessary to resonantly form subradiant states. This work paves the way towards engineering quantum entangled states in ambient conditions with plasmonic nanocavities.

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Phys. Rev. B 111, 075420– Published 18 February, 2025
  • Received 1 March 2024
  • Revised 12 November 2024
  • Accepted 14 November 2024
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