Abstract

Surface plasmon polaritons (plasmons) have the potential to interface electronic and optical devices. They could prove extremely useful for integrated quantum information processing. Here we demonstrate on-chip electrical detection of single plasmons propagating along gold waveguides. The plasmons are excited using the single-photon emission of an optically emitting quantum dot. After propagating for several micrometers, the plasmons are coupled to a superconducting detector in the near-held. Correlation measurements prove that single plasmons are being detected.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2010
Volume
10
Number of Pages
661-664
DOI
10.1021/nl903761t
Journal
Nano Letters
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