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schemes with coherent control techniques enables not only the exploration of novel
fundamental areas in physical chemistry but also the development of advanced future
applications, such as ultrafast optical communication and computational techniques.
Acknowledgements We are grateful to the collaborators who contributed to this research project,
in particular, Prof. H. Okamoto, Prof. H. Misawa, Prof. K. Ueno, Prof. K. Tawa, Prof. S. Kobatake,
Prof. T. Iida, Prof. Y. Nishiyama, Dr. H. Mizobata, Mr. T. Matsuura, Ms. T. Uchida, Mr. S. Noda, and
Mr. S. Hasegawa. The present work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26107001,
26107003, 26620018, 15K21725, JP16H04100, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative
Areas “Photosynergetics”.
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Rabi splitting and strong-coupling dynamics for surface-plasmon polaritons and rhodamine 6G
molecules. Phys Rev Lett 103:053602
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the strong coupling limit in single plasmonic nanorods interacting with J-aggregates. Sci Rep
3:3074
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Nat Phys 9:329–340
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a review. Rep Prog Phys 78:013901
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nanoparticles: exciton-induced transparency and Rabi splitting. Nanoscale 11:14540–14552
K. Imaeda and K. Imura
schemes with coherent control techniques enables not only the exploration of novel
fundamental areas in physical chemistry but also the development of advanced future
applications, such as ultrafast optical communication and computational techniques.
Acknowledgements We are grateful to the collaborators who contributed to this research project,
in particular, Prof. H. Okamoto, Prof. H. Misawa, Prof. K. Ueno, Prof. K. Tawa, Prof. S. Kobatake,
Prof. T. Iida, Prof. Y. Nishiyama, Dr. H. Mizobata, Mr. T. Matsuura, Ms. T. Uchida, Mr. S. Noda, and
Mr. S. Hasegawa. The present work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 26107001,
26107003, 26620018, 15K21725, JP16H04100, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative
Areas “Photosynergetics”.
References
1. Turro NJ, Ramamurthy V, Scaiano JC (2009) Principles of molecular photochemistry.
University Science Books, USA
2. Demtröder W (2014) Laser spectroscopy 1 basic principles. Springer, Heidelberg
3. Yang N, Tang Y, Cohen AE (2009) Spectroscopy in sculpted fields. Nano Today 4:269–279
4. Iida T, Ishihara H (2009) Unconventional control of excited states of a dimer molecule by a
localized light field between metal nanostructures. Phys Sat Sol A 206:980–984
5. Iida T, Aiba Y, Ishihara H (2011) Anomalous optical selection rule of an organic molecule
controlled by extremely localized light field. App Phys Lett 98:053108
6. Jain PK, Ghosh D, Baer R, Rabani E, Paul Alivisatos A (2012) Near-field manipulation of
spectroscopic selection rules on the nanoscale. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109:8016–8019
7. Takase M, Ajiki H, Mizumoto Y, Komeda K, Nara M, Nabika H, Yasuda S, Ishihara H,
Murakoshi K (2013) Selection-rule breakdown in plasmon-induced electronic excitation of
an isolated single-walled carbon nanotube. Nature Photon 7:550–554
8. Tsuboi Y, Shimizu R, Shoji T, Kitamura N (2009) Near-infrared continuous-wave light driving
a two-photon photochromic reaction with the assistance of localized surface plasmon. J Am
Chem Soc 131:12623–12627
9. Murazawa N, Ueno K, Mizeikis V, Juodkazis S, Misawa H (2009) Spatially selective nonlinear
photopolymerization induced by the near-field of surface plasmons localized on rectangular
gold nanorods. J Phys Chem C 113:1147–1149
10. Wu B, Ueno K, Yokota Y, Sun K, Zeng H, Misawa H (2012) Enhancement of a two-photoninduced reaction in solution using light-harvesting gold nanodimer structures. J Phys Chem
Lett 3:1443–1447
11. Volpe G, Noack M, A´ cimovi´ c SS, Reinhardt C, Quidant R (2012) Near-field mapping of
plasmonic antennas by multiphoton absorption in poly(methyl methacrylate). Nano Lett
12:4864–4868
12. Hakala TK, Toppari JJ, Kuzyk A, Pettersson M, Tikkanen H, Kunttu H, Törmä P (2009) Vacuum
Rabi splitting and strong-coupling dynamics for surface-plasmon polaritons and rhodamine 6G
molecules. Phys Rev Lett 103:053602
13. Zengin G, Johansson G, Johansson P, Antosiewicz TJ, Käll M, Shegai T (2013) Approaching
the strong coupling limit in single plasmonic nanorods interacting with J-aggregates. Sci Rep
3:3074
14. Tame MS, McEnery KR, Özdemir SK, Lee J, Maier SA, Kim MS (2013) Quantum plasmonics.
Nat Phys 9:329–340
15. Törmä P, Barnes WL (2015) Strong coupling between surface plasmon polaritons and emitters:
a review. Rep Prog Phys 78:013901
16. Pelton M, David Storm S, Leng H (2019) Strong coupling of emitters to single plasmonic
nanoparticles: exciton-induced transparency and Rabi splitting. Nanoscale 11:14540–14552