A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics

We add a missing element to the set of directly computable scenarios of light-matter-interaction within classical numerical Maxwell solvers, i.e., light scattering from hybrid systems of resonators and individual Fourier-limited emitters. In particular, individual emitters are incorporated as tiny p...

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Main Authors: Binkowski Felix, Burger Sven, Kewes Günter
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0170
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description We add a missing element to the set of directly computable scenarios of light-matter-interaction within classical numerical Maxwell solvers, i.e., light scattering from hybrid systems of resonators and individual Fourier-limited emitters. In particular, individual emitters are incorporated as tiny polarizable and resonant spherical scatterers. This emitter model is based on well-known extremal properties of Mie modes. The spherical emitter is made from an artificial Drude metal with ϵ(ω)=ϵb−ωp2/(ω2+iΓω) ${\epsilon}(\omega )={{\epsilon}}_{b}-{\omega }_{p}^{2}/({\omega }^{2}+i{\Gamma }\omega )$ . By tuning ϵ b and ω p we adjust the resonance frequency and the Fourier-limited linewidth and by adjusting Γ we may add non-radiative damping or dephasing. This approach automatically reproduces the ideal text book coherent scattering cross-section of Fourier-limited two level quantum systems of σ 0 = 3λ 2/(2πϵ out) which is not possible with typically used Lorentz permittivities which only mimic optical resonances. Further, the emitter’s linewidth adopts to the surrounding optical local density of states (LDOS). To demonstrate this we successfully benchmark our approach with prominent examples from the literature.
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spelling doaj-art-74dfdbcc8c9245d4ad0eb6b7cb00f7492025-08-20T02:38:26ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86142024-08-0113254537454310.1515/nanoph-2024-0170A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonicsBinkowski Felix0Burger Sven1Kewes Günter2Zuse Institute Berlin, 14195Berlin, GermanyZuse Institute Berlin, 14195Berlin, GermanyHumboldt Universität, Berlin, GermanyWe add a missing element to the set of directly computable scenarios of light-matter-interaction within classical numerical Maxwell solvers, i.e., light scattering from hybrid systems of resonators and individual Fourier-limited emitters. In particular, individual emitters are incorporated as tiny polarizable and resonant spherical scatterers. This emitter model is based on well-known extremal properties of Mie modes. The spherical emitter is made from an artificial Drude metal with ϵ(ω)=ϵb−ωp2/(ω2+iΓω) ${\epsilon}(\omega )={{\epsilon}}_{b}-{\omega }_{p}^{2}/({\omega }^{2}+i{\Gamma }\omega )$ . By tuning ϵ b and ω p we adjust the resonance frequency and the Fourier-limited linewidth and by adjusting Γ we may add non-radiative damping or dephasing. This approach automatically reproduces the ideal text book coherent scattering cross-section of Fourier-limited two level quantum systems of σ 0 = 3λ 2/(2πϵ out) which is not possible with typically used Lorentz permittivities which only mimic optical resonances. Further, the emitter’s linewidth adopts to the surrounding optical local density of states (LDOS). To demonstrate this we successfully benchmark our approach with prominent examples from the literature.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0170two-level systemlight–matter interactionclassical electrodynamics
spellingShingle Binkowski Felix
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A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
Nanophotonics
two-level system
light–matter interaction
classical electrodynamics
title A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
title_full A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
title_fullStr A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
title_full_unstemmed A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
title_short A tiny Drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
title_sort tiny drude scatterer can accurately model a coherent emitter in nanophotonics
topic two-level system
light–matter interaction
classical electrodynamics
url https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2024-0170
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