CRC 951/3: Plasmonic Tunnel Junctions for Infrared Photon Creation and Detection (SP B18)


The central goal of this project is to realize an ultra-small light source or detector for infrared photons. To this end, we pursue the construction of a resonant tunnel junction with extreme plasmonic enhancement. To achieve this goal, we utilize tunnel junctions that form in the narrow gap of an electrically contacted plasmonic nanoparticle-on-mirror (NPoM) antenna. A specifically designed hybrid inorganic/organic system (HIOS) (with suitably aligned energy levels) placed inside the gap enables a high photon extraction or detection yield.


Principal investigators
Kewes, Günter (Details) (Experimental Physics / Nanooptics)
Benson, Oliver Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Details) (Experimental Physics / Nanooptics)

Financer
DFG: Sonderforschungsbereich

Duration of project
Start date: 07/2019
End date: 06/2023

Research Areas
Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas, Optics, Quantum Optics, Atoms, Molecules, Plasmas

Research Areas
Festkörperphysik, Materialwissenschaften, Oberflächenphysik, Optik, Organische Chemie, Photonik, Physikalische Chemie, Physik molekularer Systeme, Theoretische Physik

Last updated on 2022-07-09 at 17:05