Graphene as a tunable THz reservoir for shaping the Mollow triplet of an artificial atom via plasmonic effects
Abstract
Using a realistic quantum master equation, we show that the resonance fluorescence spectra of a two-level artificial atom (quantum dot) can be tuned by adjusting its photonic local density of states via biasing one or more graphene monolayers. The structured photon reservoir is included using a photon Green function theory which fully accounts for the loss and dispersion. The field-driven Mollow triplet spectrum can be actively controlled by the graphene bias in the THz frequency regime. We also consider the effect of a dielectric support environment and multiple graphene layers on the emitted fluorescence. Finally, thermal bath effects are considered and are shown to be important for low THz frequencies.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- August 2014
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1407.7075
- Bibcode:
- 2014PhRvB..90h5414F
- Keywords:
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- 78.67.Wj;
- 42.50.Pq;
- 73.20.Mf;
- 78.67.Bf;
- Cavity quantum electrodynamics;
- micromasers;
- Collective excitations;
- Nanocrystals and nanoparticles;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Physics - Optics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.085414