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be utilized for nanomanipulation and trapping [77]. Additionally, strong coupling
of quantum states to light can lead to qualitatively new nonlinear optics, beyond
the perturbative regime discussed here. Structures based on molecular, quantumdot, or quantum-wire exciton resonances coupled to plasmonic metal nanostructures
can be optimized to form hybrid modes with large optical nonlinearities as a result of the quantum interference of the exciton dipole oscillation and the plasmonic
modes, providing new quantum states and allowing new avenues for ultrafast control
[78]. Further improvements in design and control or plasmonic structures could also
provide access to non-local nonlinear effects.
Acknowledgments Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER
Grant CHE 0748226). Part of the work was performed at the Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility from DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL is operated by Battelle
for the US DOE under the contract DEAC06-76RL01830.
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New York, 2008)
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(2000)
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Rev. Lett. 88(7), 077402 (2002)
19. M. Liu, M. Pelton, P. Guyot-Sionnest, Phys. Rev. B 79, 035418 (2009)
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be utilized for nanomanipulation and trapping [77]. Additionally, strong coupling
of quantum states to light can lead to qualitatively new nonlinear optics, beyond
the perturbative regime discussed here. Structures based on molecular, quantumdot, or quantum-wire exciton resonances coupled to plasmonic metal nanostructures
can be optimized to form hybrid modes with large optical nonlinearities as a result of the quantum interference of the exciton dipole oscillation and the plasmonic
modes, providing new quantum states and allowing new avenues for ultrafast control
[78]. Further improvements in design and control or plasmonic structures could also
provide access to non-local nonlinear effects.
Acknowledgments Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF CAREER
Grant CHE 0748226). Part of the work was performed at the Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility from DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). PNNL is operated by Battelle
for the US DOE under the contract DEAC06-76RL01830.
References
1. H. Raether, Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings (Springer, New
York, 1987)
2. M. Kerker, The Scattering of Light, and Other Electromagnetic Radiation (Academic Press,
New York, 1969)
3. S.A. Maier, Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications (Springer, New York, 2007)
4. N.W. Ashcroft, N.D. Mermin, Solid State Physics (Brooks Cole, Belmont, 1976)
5. F. Ladstädter, U. Hohenester, P. Puschnig, C. Ambrosch-Draxl, Phys. Rev. B 70, 235125 (2004)
6. D.J. Roaf, Philos. T. R. Soc. A 255(1052), 135 (1962)
7. A. Sommerfeld, Z. Phys. A 47(1), 1 (1928)
8. M. Dressel, G. Grüner, Electrodynamics of Solids: Optical Properties of Electrons in Matter
(Cambridge University Press, New York, 2002).
9. P. Johnson, R. Christy, Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370 (1972)
10. R.L. Olmon, B. Slovick, T.W. Johnson, D. Shelton, S.H. Oh, G.D. Boreman, M.B. Raschke,
Phys. Rev. B 86, 235147 (2012)
11. C.F. Bohren, D.R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles (Wiley,
New York, 2008)
12. U. Kreibig, M. Vollmer, Optical Properties of Metal Clusters, Springer Series in Materials
Science, vol. 25 (Springer, Berlin, 1995)
13. C. Ciracì, R.T. Hill, J.J. Mock, Y. Urzhumov, A.I. Fernández-Domínguez, S.A. Maier, J.B.
Pendry, A. Chilkoti, D.R. Smith, Science 337(6098), 1072 (2012)
14. G. Mie, Ann. Phys. 330, 377 (1908)
15. H.U. Yang, S. Berweger, J.M. Atkin, M.B. Raschke (in preparation)
16. S. Link, C. Burda, M.B. Mohamed, B. Nikoobakht, M.A. El-Sayed, Phys. Rev. B 61(9), 6086
(2000)
17. G.V. Hartland, Chem. Rev. 111(6), 3858 (2011)
18. C. Sönnichsen, T. Franzl, T. Wilk, G. von Plessen, J. Feldmann, O. Wilson, P. Mulvaney, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 88(7), 077402 (2002)
19. M. Liu, M. Pelton, P. Guyot-Sionnest, Phys. Rev. B 79, 035418 (2009)
20. T.V. Shahbazyan, I.E. Perakis, J.Y. Bigot, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3120 (1998)
21. R. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics (Academic Press, New York, 2003)
22. Y.R. Shen, The Principles of Nonlinear Optics (Wiley, New York, 1984)