Metamaterials enable chiral-selective enhancement of two-photon luminescence from quantum emitters.

Rodrigues, Sean P; Cui, Yonghao; Lan, Shoufeng; Kang, Lei; Cai, Wenshan · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The amplification of chirally modified, non-linear signals from quantum emitters is demonstrated by manipulating the geometric chirality of resonant plasmonic nanostructures. The chiral center of the metamaterial is opened and emitters occupy this light-confining and chirally sensitive region. Non-linear emission signals are enhanced by 40× that of the emitters not embedded in the metamaterial and display a 3× contrast for the opposite circular polarization.