nanoGUNE Colloquium: Plasmons in atomically flat materials, fundamentals and applications
CIC nanoGUNE Seminars
- Speaker
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Javier Garcia de Abajo, ICFO, Nanophotonics Theory
- When
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2019/10/14
13:00 - Place
- nanoGUNE seminar room, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, Donostia - San Sebastian
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Plasmons in atomic-scale structures exhibit intrinsic quantum phenomena
related to both the finite confinement that they undergo and the small number
of electrons on which they are supported. Their interaction with two-level
emitters is also evidencing strong quantum effects. In this talk we will
discuss several salient features of plasmons in atomic-scale materials, such
as graphene and atomic layers of noble metals. In particular, we will explore
their ability to mediate ultrafast heat transfer, the generation of high
harmonics, their interaction with molecules and quantum emitters, and their
extreme nonlinearity down to the single-photon level. We will further analyze
in detail the plasmonic response of atomically-thin crystalline films of
silver, the plasmons of which have been recently demonstrated experimentally.
**Host:** J. M. Pitarke