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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik

O 49: Symposium Quantum Plasmonics (SYQP, jointly with HL, TT)

O 49.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 15:00–15:30, H1

Quantum plasmonics and applications in light harvesting — •Peter Nordlander — Department of Physics, Rice University, Houston TX 77251, USA

Quantum effects can have a pronounced influence on the on the optical properties of strongly coupled nanoparticles.[1] For closely spaced metallic nanoparticles, electron transfer and nonlocal screening can drastically reduce the electric field enhancements across the gap and result in a Charge Transfer Plasmon (CTP) where an oscillatory electric tunneling current flows between the particles,[2] and strongly nonlinear effects can be induced.[3] The energy of the CTP is found to depend strongly on the electronic structure of the junction and the presence of molecules inside the gap.[4] For the coupled plasmonic-excitonic system where hybrid plexciton states are formed,[5] quantum effects can strongly modify the optical spectrum and a induce highly nonlinear optical response. Another plasmonic quantum mechanical effect is the nonradiative decay of plasmons into hot electron-hole pairs which can induce chemical reactions on the surface of the nanostructure [6] or be harvested directly in photodetector or photovoltaic geometries.[7]

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