The extraordinary sensitivity of plasmonic sensors is well-known in the optics and photonics
community. These sensors exploit simultaneously the enhancement and the localization of …

Interference, which refers to the phenomenon associated with the superposition of waves,
has played a crucial role in the advancement of physics and finds a wide range of …

Nearly 30 years ago, two-photon interference was observed, marking the beginning of a
new quantum era. Indeed, two-photon interference has no classical analogue, giving it a …

Plasmons, the electromagnetic excitations coupled with electron waves, possess the
intrinsic ability of manipulating light at subwavelength scales down to picometer. This ability …

Surface plasmon polaritons can be used to confine fields at the nanoscale and are now one
of the working horses of nanophotonics. This perspective deals with recent studies aiming at …

Quantum plasmonics is an exciting subbranch of nanoplasmonics where the laws of
quantum theory are used to describe light-matter interactions on the nanoscale. Plasmonic …

A single photon can be coupled to collective charge oscillations at the interfaces between
metals and dielectrics forming a single surface plasmon. The electromagnetic near-fields …

Electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) offers a window to view nanoscale properties and
processes. When performed in a scanning transmission electron microscope, EELS can …

Unitary transformations are routinely modeled and implemented in the field of quantum
optics. In contrast, nonunitary transformations, which can involve loss and gain, require a …

Photonic quantum information processing system has been widely used in communication,
metrology and lithography. The recent emphasis on the miniaturized photonic platform is …