Prof. Jean Jacques Greffet -Quantum plasmonics

Title: Quantum plasmonics: wave-particle duality, indistinguishability and entanglement of surface plasmons

Prof. Jean-Jacques Greffet
Professor, Institut d’Optique and Université Paris-Saclay
Senior member, Institut Universitaire de France

Abstract: In this talk, we report experiments aiming at exploring the physics of surface plasmons in the single plasmon regime. In other words, we revisit quantum optics using surface plasmons. We report four typical quantum optics experiments: i) tests of the wave-particle duality of surface plasmons, ii) observation of the coalescence and anticoalescence of plasmons on a lossy beam splitter, iii) observation of entanglement between a photon and a plasmon and iv) interferences of N00N states.