Topological Spaser

Wu, Jhih-Sheng; Apalkov, Vadym; Stockman, Mark I.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.017701

Title: Topological Spaser

Abstract

We theoretically introduce a topological spaser, which consists of a hexagonal array of plasmonic metal nanoshells containing an achiral gain medium in their cores. Such a spaser can generate two mutually time-reversed chiral surface plasmon modes in the K and K' valleys, which carry the opposite topological charges, ± 1, and are described by a two-dimensional $$\textit{E'}$$ representation of the $$D_{3h}$$ point symmetry group. Due to the mode competition, this spaser exhibits a bistability: only one of these two modes generates, which is a spontaneous symmetry breaking. Such a spaser can be used for an ultrafast all-optical memory and information processing, and biomedical detection and sensing with chirality resolution.

Authors:

Wu, Jhih-Sheng ^[1]; Apalkov, Vadym ^[1];

^[1]

Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2020

Research Org.:: Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

OSTI Identifier:: 1800015

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-01ER15213; SC0007043; EFMA-1741691; N00014-17-1-2588

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Physics

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                    Wu, Jhih-Sheng, Apalkov, Vadym, and Stockman, Mark I. Topological Spaser.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Wu, Jhih-Sheng, Apalkov, Vadym, & Stockman, Mark I. Topological Spaser.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.017701

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  title        = {Topological Spaser},

  author       = {Wu, Jhih-Sheng and Apalkov, Vadym and Stockman, Mark I.},

  abstractNote = {We theoretically introduce a topological spaser, which consists of a hexagonal array of plasmonic metal nanoshells containing an achiral gain medium in their cores. Such a spaser can generate two mutually time-reversed chiral surface plasmon modes in the K and K' valleys, which carry the opposite topological charges, ± 1, and are described by a two-dimensional $\textit{E'}$ representation of the $D_{3h}$ point symmetry group. Due to the mode competition, this spaser exhibits a bistability: only one of these two modes generates, which is a spontaneous symmetry breaking. Such a spaser can be used for an ultrafast all-optical memory and information processing, and biomedical detection and sensing with chirality resolution.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevlett.124.017701},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 1,

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2020},

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