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Graphene Plasmon Excitation with Ground-State Two-Level Quantum Emitters.

Xiaodong Zeng^1,2, M Suhail Zubairy²

¹Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.

Physical Review Letters

|April 2, 2021

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Quantum emitters interacting with graphene plasmons (GPs) can excite GPs and undergo excitation, especially at high speeds. This research simulates quantum effects like the dynamical Casimir and Unruh effects.

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Area of Science:

Quantum optics
Condensed matter physics
Plasmonics

Background:

Graphene plasmons (GPs) offer unique electromagnetic properties.
Interactions between quantum emitters and plasmonic fields are of significant interest.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate the transmission of a quantum emitter through a graphene nanosheet.
Explore the excitation of graphene plasmons by a quantum emitter.
Analyze the potential for simulating quantum field phenomena.

Main Methods:

Theoretical investigation of a two-level quantum emitter interacting with localized GPs.
Inclusion of counterrotating terms in the interaction Hamiltonian.
Analysis of emitter dynamics and GP emission probability.

Main Results:

Significant nonadiabatic processes observed due to GP field distribution.
High probability of quantum emitter excitation and simultaneous GP emission at speeds ~10^-4 c.
GPs exhibit thermal photon distribution with high temperature for accelerated emitters.

Conclusions:

Graphene nanosheets provide a platform for studying emitter-plasmon interactions.
The system can simulate the dynamical Casimir effect.
The system offers a pathway to simulate the Unruh effect.