Scattering of a single plasmon polariton by multiple atoms for in-plane control of light

Abstract

We study the interaction of a single photon in a surface plasmon polariton mode with multiple atoms. We propose a system of two atoms to achieve a tunable scattering from subscattering to superscattering regimes by changing the angle of the incident photon. We also demonstrate a perfect electromagnetically-induced transparency using two atoms with two-level structures. The proposed framework is efficiently scalable to a system with a large number of atoms and opens up the possibility of designing novel atom-based optical devices. We design an atomically thin parabolic mirror to focus single photons and form a quantum mirage in a cavity built from atoms.

Keywords

• electromagnetically induced transparency
• nanophotonics
• plasmonics
• quantum electrodynamics
• scattering
• waveguide qed