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Quantum optics and metamaterials
Janne Ruostekoski
Mathematics & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials
University of Southampton
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Motivation
• Quantum optics a well-developed field for studying interaction
of light with atoms
• Analogies of metamaterials systems to atomic and molecular
scatterers
• Analogous phenomena to quantum coherence and semi-
classical effects in atomic gases
• Nanostructured resonators interacting strongly with EM fields
• Less emphasis on microscopic approach
• Cooperative response in large system
Start with a two-level system interacting with EM fields
Quantum coherence phenomena, slow light, nanaofabricated analogs
Collective effects in large systems
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Standard quantum optics:
Light propagation in polarization medium
Weak interactions between scatterers in the medium
(no free charges)
(no free currents)
Assume no magnetization
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Plane wave propagation
Slowly varying envelope approximation
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slowly varying envelope
approximation
steady-state solution
for electric field
in linear medium
absorption
real and imaginary
parts of electric susceptibility
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Two-level medium
Interaction between dipole
and electric field
0
1
quantum state
see e.g. Meystre, Sargent, Elements of quantum optics
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Introduce new slowly varying amplitude
Rabi frequency; detuning
here
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Relaxation terms
density matrix
choose closed two-state system
1
0
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longitudinal and transverse relaxation times
Steady-state solutions, conserved population
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Optical response
electric dipole excitation
electric susceptibility
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Absorption
Laser
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LaserCoherence may be expressed in terms of population difference
usually positive and propagating light is absorbed
One can also arrange (usually in multi-level system) so that
atoms are transferred to and depleted from
Inversion
Light coupling to transition is amplified
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Electromagnetically induced
transparency & ultra slow light
Three-level system
see e.g.
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Probe and coupling fields, nonlinear response
dressed level picture (eigenstates)
Autler-Townes splitting
Quantum interference of different excitation paths
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Electromagnetically induced transparency
cΩpΩ
( )1 2cpA ∝ Ω + Ω
cΩ
pΩ
Three-level system
Two ground states coupled to excited state
( )1 2pcD ∝ Ω − Ω
| 1>
| 3 >
| 2>
‘Dark state’:
‘Absorbing state’:
| D>
| 3 >
| A>
Dark state decoupled from light (quantum interference)
Atoms driven to dark state via spontaneous emission
Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT)
Otherwise opaque medium made transparent
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EIT response
Narrow resonance at which opaque
medium transparent
Steep anomalous dispersion has
changed to normal dispersion with
controllable steepness (by coupling laser)
Steep and linear dispersion where
absorption small
Constructive interference of the nonlinear processes
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Dark and bright states
| D>
| 3 >
| A>
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Ultra-slow light propagation
Atoms adiabatically follow dark state
Small perturbations from |D> lead to coherent driving between ground states with no absorption
Reversible process
Coherent driving and the associated exchange of photons between two light beams result in slow group velocity for light
Hau, Harris, Dutton, Behroozi, Nature 397, 594 (1999)
Liu, Dutton, Behroozi, Hau, Nature 409, 490 (2001)
| D>
| 3 >
| A>
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Ultra-slow and stopped light
Linear dependence of susceptibility close to the absorption dip
extreme pulse compression
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light pulses
population transfer from 1 to 2
dark state
switch coupling off
Also probe pulse goes to zero
Revive the probe pulse later on
by switching the coupling field on
Dutton, Hau, Phys. Rev. A 70, 053831 (2004)
Dutton, Ruostekoski, Phys. Rev. Lett 93, 193602 (2004)
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Nanostructures
Hybridization model of plasmons supported by nanostructures
of elementary geometries
Analog of molecular orbital theory [Prodan et al., Science 302, 419 (2003)]
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Hybridisation of metal nanoshell
from interaction of sphere and cavity plasmons
rd
rµ
electric magnetic
Split ring resonator
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Quantum optics and metamaterials
Janne Ruostekoski
Mathematics & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials
University of Southampton
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Electromagnetically induced
transparency and slow light
| D>
| 3 >
| A>
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EIT in metamaterialsInstead of coupling atomic transitions to obtain quantum interference
of transition amplitudes, create the interference using plasmonic
structures
Plasmonic structures allow large field strengths in small volumes
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Interference of layered copper patterns
Shifted double fish-scale copper pattern
currents oscillate pi out of phasePapasimakis et al., PRL 101, 253903 (2008)
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Coupling of a rod to two wiresCoupled dipole and quadrupole antennas
Liu et al., Nature Materials 8, 758 (2009)
Two layers: gold rod on top
two gold wires below
h=70nm; g=220nm; w=80nm
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Broad and narrow resonances
dipole with large radiative damping (rod on top)
quadrupole almost non-radiative (two wires below)
Coupling between the two layers
no coupling for s=0 due to symmetry
for non-zero s the coupling induced
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non-radiative due to
ohmic losses
Level structure
dipole excitation in the top rod
quadrupole excitation in the bottom wires
can be excited due to structural asymmetry
transition rate between
dipole and quadrupole
excitations
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At s=0, there is a single
resonance at
No coupling between layers
At s=10nm resonance
properties change
Transmittance peak at 173THz
frequency difference between
dipole and quadrupole resonances
Resonances
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Interference of transitionsdestructive interference between excitation paths
Almost no excitation in dipole rod
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Analytic model
image: Tassin etc.
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Dipole-quadrupole vs dipole-dipole
Two single rods on top of each other
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Circuit analog
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Strong interactions to EM fields – collective
response
• Nanostructured resonators interacting strongly with EM fields
• Cooperative response in large system
• Analogies of metamaterials systems to molecular scatterers
• Analogous phenomena to quantum coherence effects in atomic
gases
• Treatment of resonators as discrete scatterers
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Natural medium and light propagation
Electric displacement
fieldElectric dipole
moment of the atom
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Nanofabricated resonators
split-ring resonator (SSR)
electric polarization
current
Net electric dipole Net magnetic dipole
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Co-operative light scattering
Coherent back-scattering
Simplest manifestation of coherence in multiple scattering
Enhanced scattering intensity in back-scattering direction
Co-operative response
Strong scattering – Interference between different scattering paths
Localisation of light (observed in semiconductor GaAs powder)Wiersma et al., Nature 390, 671 (1997)
Analogous to Anderson localisation of electrons
Localisation achievable in atomic condensates
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Simple model of oscillating current in
meta-molecule constituents
meta-atom ensemble
Jenkins, Ruostekoski PRB
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Lagrangian description
Coulomb gauge, Power-Zienau-Woolley transformation
(Cohen-Tannoudji, Dupont-Roc, Grynberg, Photons and atoms)
conjugate momentum for vector potential
conjugate momentum for charges
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HamiltonianIntroduce normal modes for the EM field
sum over transverse polarizations
and wavevectors
kinetic energy
+ quadratic term (diamagnetic energy)
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Radiated fields
Total EM fields = incident field + scattered fields from all meta-atoms
magnetic (electric) field from oscillating
electric (magnetic) dipole
electric (magnetic) field from oscillating
electric (magnetic) dipole
Jackson, Classical electrodynamics
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Integral representation of Maxwell’s wave equations
in magnetodielectric medium (in freq space)
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Resonator dynamics
resonance frequency
fl Simple LC circuit include also ohmic losses
Charges driven by net magnetic flux
their conjugate momenta driven by net electromotive force
Interaction with self-radiated fields results in radiative damping
electric radiative emission depends on self-capacitance
magnetic depends on self-inductance
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Coupled system for resonators
Strong coupling mediated by scattered fields
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Quantization
Photon plane-wave mode amplitudes, replace
photon annihilation and creation operators
Resonators
format
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Quantum features – illuminate by quantum light
Nonlinear resonators (SQUID circuits)
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Split ring resonator:
Simple model of oscillating current
single mode of current oscillation in each half of the unit-cell resonator
dynamics variable charge Q
polarization and magnetization densities
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Single split ring resonator
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Unit-cell resonator current excitations
(eigenmodes)
[ ]1
( ) ( )2
( ) r lb t b td t = −
Symmetric oscillation Antisymmetric oscillation
[ ]1
( ) ( )2
( ) r lb t b tc t = +
Net electric dipole Net magnetic dipole
jdr
jµr
( )
ˆ( )
( )
( )
j jj
j jj j
d t
d t
P r r
Q t h p
δ≈ −
=
r
r
r r r, ) ( )
(
( )
ˆ
(
)( )
j j
j j
j
j j
M r t rt
t q
r
I t A
δµ
µ
≈ −
=
r r r rr
r
Dipole Approximation
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Metamaterial samplesUnit-cell resonators (and their sub-elements) interact strongly
Long-range coupling due to electric & magnetic radiation from current excitations
Recurrent scattering:
Wave is scattered more than once
by the same resonator
Metamaterial sample responds to EM fields cooperatively
Exhibits collective excitation eigenmodes, resonance linewidths, frequencies
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Cooperative response
Computationally efficient model for large systems
Physically tractable – providing insight and understanding
Can be build up to more complex systems
Uniform eigenmode model breaks down due to
boundary effects, dislocations, defects,
inhomogeneous sample, disorder
Advantages of the discrete model
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Quantum optics and metamaterials
Janne Ruostekoski
Mathematics & Centre for Photonic Metamaterials
University of Southampton
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Computational model for collective
interactions
• Assume each meta-atom supports a single mode of current oscillation: 1 dynamic variable per meta-atom
• Calculate the scattered electric and magnetic fields from each meta-atom
• Scattered fields mediate interactions between meta-atom dynamic variables. The incident field drives the system
• Meta-material supports collective modes of oscillation: each with a distinct resonance frequency and decay rate
Polarization
Magnetization
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Cooperative response
Recurrent scattering:
Wave is scattered more than once
by the same scatterer
Uniform eigenmode model breaks down due to
boundary effects, dislocations, defects, disorder …
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retrieving effective material parameters can fail
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Single split ring resonator
[ ]1
( ) ( )2
( ) r lb t b td t = −
Symmetric oscillation Antisymmetric oscillation
[ ]1
( ) ( )2
( ) r lb t b tc t = +
Net electric dipole Net magnetic dipole
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Collective excitation eigenmodes
Split ring resonator (SRR): Two eigenmodes per unit-cell
33×33 array = 2178 modes
An isolated one half of a SRR would radiate at the rate Γ
Collective resonance linewidths γ
lattice spacing 0.5 wavelength lattice spacing 1.4 wavelength
Strongly subradiant modes Γ−510
Sensitive to
lattice spacing
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Eigenmodes with uniform phase profiles
All magnetic dipoles oscillating in phase All electric dipoles oscillating in phase
Subradiant 0.02 Γ
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Subradiance and superradiance
Most subradiant
checkerboard pattern of electric dipoles
Most superradiant 11 Γ
antisymmetric pattern of magnetic dipoles
Γ−510
Phase-matched with field
propagating in the x-direction
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Asymmetric split-ring resonators
m
p
rd
[ ]1
( ) ( )2
( ) r lb t b td t = −
rµ
Symmetric oscillation Antisymmetric oscillation
[ ]1
( ) ( )2
( )r l
b t b tc t = +
electric magnetic
l - left half ring
r – right half ring
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V. Fedotov et al, PRL 104, 223901 (2010).
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Symmetric case
0lω ω= 0r
ω ω=
rd
ω0
∆
∆ rµ
ΓM
ΓE
eigenstates
( , )inE r tr r
( , )in
B r tr r
typically only electric dipole mode driven
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Asymmetric case
rd
ω0
∆
∆ rµ
ΓM
ΓE
Coupling between states by asymmetry
( , )inE r tr r
( , )in
B r tr r
electric dipole mode drives the magnetic
dipole mode
0lω ω δω= − ω r = ω0 + δω
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Collective response by phase-matched
uniform modesH
E
k
weak radiation
on the plane
electric dipoles radiate strongly
out of the plane
fl change in transmission
Uniform collective electric dipole mode phase-matched
with incident plane-wave
Split-ring asymmetry drives weakly radiating uniform collective
magnetic dipole mode fl over 98% of excitation can be driven to the magnetic mode
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Lifetime of the phase-matched magnetic
mode and system size
Inverse decay rate of the phase
matched magnetic mode
Number of split rings in
the lattice
Lattice spacingLattice spacingλ
43
8λ
λ
2
3
2λ
Linewidth
narrowing
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0 200 400 6000
5
10
15
20
Number of metamolecules
Qua
lity f
acto
r of
co
llective m
od
e
Q-factor: Theory vs experiment
Experimentally measured quality factor:
V. A. Fedotov et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104,
223901 (2010)
Theoretical quality factor of collective
phase matched mode calculated from
model
Transmission Resonance Quality Factor
Saturation is due to ohmic losses
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Excitation probability of magnetic mode
Split-ring asymmetry drives
weakly radiating collective
magnetic dipole mode
98% overlap with target mode
Phase-matched
with incident
plane-wave
Phase-coherent magnetic collective mode
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Collective mode
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Exploiting collective interactions
Coupling between the collective modes EIT-like
but not a single-resonator effect
Excitation of a superposition of collective modes
that exhibit subwavelength structures – coherent control
Excitations in the presence of disorder in the positions of
the resonators exhibit complex structure
Highly localized excitation can transfer energy to
a collective excitation and subsequently to a low-divergence
free-space light beam
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Collective phase-matched modes:
Cooperative Asymmetry Induced
Transparency
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When the collective magnetic mode decays
slowly, the magnetic mode can be excited
at the expense of the electric mode
Energy in phase matched electric modeEnergy in phase matched magnetic mode
solid
dashed
Phase matched
magnetic mode
resonance
Incident field driving
Mode coupling due to asymmetry
Detuning from phase matched electric mode resonance
¡ = Single meta-
atom decay rate
Collective mode decay rates
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Phase-matched electric mode is unexcited in
the transparency window
Energy in phase matched electric mode
Energy in phase matched magnetic mode
Phase matched
magnetic mode
resonance
Energy in all other collective modes
= Single meta-
atom decay rate
Results from simplified two mode model --------------------- dashed lines
Results of numerical simulations of the full meta-material – solid lines
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Changing geometry shifts the
transmission resonanceSquare lattice Every other column vertically shifted
by 0.1 wavelengths
Energy in phase matched
electric mode
Energy in phase matched
magnetic mode
Phase matched
magnetic mode
resonance
Energy in all other
collective modes
Nanoelectromechanical
switchable photonic
metamaterials
K. Aydin et al, Optics Express 12, 5896 (2004)
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Effects of disorder
Energy of excited magnetic modes
Magnitude and phase
of excited magnetic
modes
Displacing resonators by a Gaussian stochastic noise
Increasing disorder leads to potential localization of collective modes.
standard deviation0.05
lattice spacing=
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Disorder
standard deviation0.1
lattice spacing=
Comparison to disorder
experiments by Papasimakis et al
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Disorder
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Subwavelength control
Precise control and manipulation of optical fields on nanoscale
one of the most important and challenging problems in nanophotonics
Tailoring phase modulation of ultrashort optical pulses (Stockman etc.)
Collective interactions and cw fields
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Nanoscale field localization by exciting linear combinations of eigenmodes
PlasmonicMetamaterials
2ππππ
0
ππππ−−−−
ππππ
2ππππ−−−−P
hase, rad.
Y X
Sinusoidalphase profile
Plane wave(constant amplitude)
XFWHM~133nm (~0.15λλλλ)
YFWHM~60nm (~0.07λλλλ)
0max ====∆∆∆∆ϕϕϕϕ ππππϕϕϕϕ 25.0max ====∆∆∆∆ ππππϕϕϕϕ 5.0max ====∆∆∆∆ ππππϕϕϕϕ 75.0max ====∆∆∆∆ ππππϕϕϕϕ ====∆∆∆∆ max
To
tal e
ne
rgy in
ten
sity
, J/m
3
0
9e-9
Goldunit cell: 440nmwidth: 25nmthickness: 50nm
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
Absorption,%
20
40
60
80
100
5000
Reflection, %
700 900 1100 1300 1500
Wavelength, nm
Tra
nsm
issio
n,%
Y-pol. λ=880nm
Y,μm X,μm0
-1.32 -1.32
0
1.32
1.32
)(r
rϕϕϕϕϕϕϕϕ ====
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Nanoscale field localization with coherent control
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
Absorption,%
20
40
60
80
100
500
0
Reflection, %
700 900 1100 1300 1500
Wavelength, nm
Tra
nsm
issio
n,%
ππππϕϕϕϕ ====∆∆∆∆ max
λ=1150nm
×50
λ=880nm
Phase, rad.
YX
Plasmonicmetamaterials
Sinusoidalphase profile
λ=700nmY, μm
X,μm
To
tal en
erg
y in
ten
sity,
J/m
3
0
9e-9
×50
2ππππ
0
ππππ−−−−
ππππ
2ππππ−−−−
)(r
rϕϕϕϕϕϕϕϕ ====
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see also
Transfer of sub-diffraction evanescent fields to propagating fields
by a resonator array
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Experimental observation
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Localized excitation by electron beamHighly localized excitation can transfer energy to
a collective excitation and subsequently to a low-divergence
free-space light beam
Excite only 1-4 unit-cell resonators in an ASR metamaterial array
The phase-uniform collective magnetic mode can assume
dominant role of total excitation energy
High degree of spatial coherence
Highly directed emission pattern and narrow resonance linewidth
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Role of phase-coherent magnetic mode
Excite resonantly collective magnetic mode
(a) Excite only a single resonator:
70% of steady-state response in collective magnetic mode
(b) Excite four resonators:
85% of steady-state response in collective magnetic mode
phase variance 2.2 degrees
If detuned 8 linewidths off-resonant, 45% and 24 degree phase variance
G Adamo et al.
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Electron-Beam-Driven Metamaterial Light Sources
• Collective (coherent) light emission
from plasmonic metamaterials
• Smith-Purcell emission enhancement
through Surface Plasmons
IntensityLinewidth,nm
A JInjection pointB C H I
130
115
100
850
8000
4000
6000
2000
8820 ASRs in 1/e2 source spot
e-beam
100 nm Si3N4
50 nm Au
Light
emission
400
300
200
0 10 20 30
Peak a
mplitu
de
Ag Thickness, nm
5 µm
ϕ= 0
θ= 85
60
30
60
30
Total emission
0 6 x 104 0 1.5 x 104
MM emission
80
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Nonlinear and quantum systems
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SQUID rings
Suppress ohmic losses
Introduce nonlinearity in the system
Current through SQUID ring
flux trapped in
squid looptotal external
magnetic flux
Nonlinear relationship for the flux
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Optical lattice
Atoms trapped in periodic optical potential
AC Stark effect of off-resonant lasers
Optical lattices as a
platform to exploit
collective interactions
Atomic dipole-dipole interactions
mediated by scattered EM fields
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“Quantum metamaterial”
• Prepare a 2D optical lattice
• one atom per site
• Atoms can be reasonably
well localized
• Positions of dipoles
fluctuate due to zero-point
vacuum fluctuations
lattice spacing d size of Wannier
Function
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Cooperative localization
constant intensity Modulated phase
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Quantum effects and confinement
lattice spacing d size of Wannier
Function
= 0
= 0.12 d
single stochastic
realization
= 0.12 d
Ensemble average
of many realizations