Plasmonics for emerging quantum technologies

Nanophotonics

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Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi¹  N. Asger Mortensen² 

[1] Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55;Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

关键词: quantum plasmonics;    extreme plasmonics;    light-matter interactions;    quantum technology;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2016-0179

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

Expanding the frontiers of information processing technologies and, in particular, computing with ever-increasing speed and capacity has long been recognized as an important societal challenge, calling for the development of the next generation of quantum technologies. With its potential to exponentially increase computing power, quantum computing opens up possibilities to carry out calculations that ordinary computers could not finish in the lifetime of the universe, whereas optical communications based on quantum cryptography become completely secure. At the same time, the emergence of Big Data and the ever-increasing demands of miniaturization and energy-saving technologies bring about additional fundamental problems and technological challenges to be addressed in scientific disciplines dealing with light-matter interactions. In this context, quantum plasmonics represents one of the most promising and fundamental research directions and, indeed, the only one that enables the ultimate miniaturization of photonic components for quantum optics when being taken to extreme limits in light-matter interactions.

【 授权许可】

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