Quantum-mechanical description of plasmonic nanoparticles
| Název práce v češtině: | Kvantově-mechanický popis plasmonických nanočástic |
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| Název v anglickém jazyce: | Quantum-mechanical description of plasmonic nanoparticles |
| Klíčová slova: | plazmonové nanočástice |
| Klíčová slova anglicky: | plasmonic nanoparticles |
| Akademický rok vypsání: | 2014/2015 |
| Typ práce: | diplomová práce |
| Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
| Ústav: | Ústav teoretické fyziky (32-UTF) |
| Vedoucí / školitel: | Prof. Päivi Törmä |
| Řešitel: | skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd. |
| Datum přihlášení: | 23.09.2014 |
| Datum zadání: | 01.12.2014 |
| Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: | 13.01.2015 |
| Datum a čas obhajoby: | 27.01.2015 00:00 |
| Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 05.12.2014 |
| Datum odevzdání tištěné podoby: | 05.12.2014 |
| Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 27.01.2015 |
| Oponenti: | Ing. prof. Igor Jex, DrSc. |
| Zásady pro vypracování |
| Coupling of light to charges in metals leads to hybrid light-matter states (plasmon-polaritons). This allows subdiffraction-limit localization of light, enabling strong enhancement of the electromagnetic field in proximity of the metal surface and opening potential for strong coupling of light to emitter systems. Modern fabrication methods are capable of creating plasmonic nanostructures with fine-tuned properties. These features provide a broad field of applications.
Most of the literature in this field treats the plasmon-polariton modes classically. However, a quantum-mechanical treatment might be necessary especially if the electromagnetic field is coupled to manifestly quantum objects, e.g. molecules or quantum dots. Although there exists some literature addressing the interaction between emitters and quantized plasmon-polariton modes, the mutual interactions of modes in distinct nanoparticles have usually not been considered. The aim of the thesis is to take the first steps in exploring the possibilities of quantum-mechanical description of mutual interactions between plasmonic nanoparticles and their interactions with an external electromagnetic field. The theory would then be applied on calculating the dynamics of some simple processes. |
| Seznam odborné literatury |
| A. González-Tudela et al.: Theory of Strong Coupling between Quantum Emitters and Propagating Surface Plasmons. Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 126801 (2013).
A. V. Zayats, Stefan Maier et al.: Active Plasmonics and Tuneable Plasmonic Metamaterials. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013). M. S. Tame et al.: Quantum plasmonics. Nature Physics 9, 329–340 (2013). M. O. Scully, M. S. Zubairy: Quantum Optics. (Cambridge University Press, 1997). D. P. Craig, T. Thirunamachandran: Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics. (Dover Publications, 1998). |