A single-photon transistor using nanoscale surface plasmons
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A single-photon transistor using nanoscale surface plasmons
Photons rarely interact—which makes it challenging to build all-optical devices in which one light signal controls another. Even in nonlinear optical media, in which two beams can interact because of their influence on themedium’s refractive index, this interaction is weak at low light levels. Here, we propose a novel approach to realizing strong nonlinear interactions at the single-photon leve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Physics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1745-2473,1745-2481
DOI: 10.1038/nphys708