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Enhanced superradiance in epsilon-near-zero plasmonic channels
2013
We describe the possibility of drastically boosting the spontaneous emission of a collection of two-level quantum emitters by embedding them in an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) environment, consisting of a plasmonic waveguide operated at cutoff. This phenomenon relies on the combination of Purcell enhancement and Dicke superradiance effects, exploiting the large and uniform local density of states in ENZ channels, which is shown to significantly extend the spatial extent of these quantum effects. We envision exciting applications in optical sensing, molecular detection, and low-threshold lasing.
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research article
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Date Issued
2013
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Volume
87
Issue
20
Article Number
201101(R)
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REVIEWED
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OTHER
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November 22, 2016
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