• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 9, 867 (2018)
Jian Liu1、2、3 and Ka-Di Zhu1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210000, China
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    Jian Liu, Ka-Di Zhu. Room temperature optical mass sensor with an artificial molecular structure based on surface plasmon optomechanics[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(9): 867 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose an optical weighing technique with a sensitivity down to a single atom through the coupling between a surface plasmon and a suspended graphene nanoribbon resonator. The mass is determined via the vibrational frequency shift on the probe absorption spectrum while the atom attaches to the nanoribbon surface. We provide methods to separate out the signals of the ultralow frequency vibrational modes from the strong Rayleigh background, first based on the quantum coupling with a pump-probe scheme. Owing to the spectral enhancement in the surface plasmon and the ultralight mass of the nanoribbon, this scheme results in a narrow linewidth (GHz) and ultrahigh mass sensitivity (30 yg). Benefitting from the low noises, our optical mass sensor can be achieved at room temperature and reach ultrahigh time resolution.
    g=Ψ·xZPF=αqωcε0Vc2ωm.(1)

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    Ωj=14π3ϵ0λ32ηκ|Ej|,j=p,s.(2)

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    H=Hc+Hm+Hint+Hopt.(3)

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    H=Δpc+c+ωma+agc+c(a++a)iΩp(cc+)iΩs(ceiδtc+eiδt),(4)

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    dcdt=(iΔp+κ)c+ignc+Ωp+Ωseiδt+κa^in,(5)

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    d2ndt2+γdndt+ωm2n=2ωmgc+c+ξ^(t),(6)

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    a^in(t)a^in+(t)=δ(tt),(7)

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    a^in+(t)a^in(t)=0.(8)

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    ξ^+(t)ξ^(t)=κωdωωm2πeiω(tt)[1+coth(ω2kBT)].(9)

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    c0=Ωp(iΔp+κ)ign,n0=2g|c|2ωm.(10)

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    Ωp2=ω0[κ2+(Δpg2ω0ωm)2].(11)

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    c=c0+δc,n=n0+δn.(12)

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    δc˙=κδc+ig(n0δc+c0δn)+Ωp+Ωseiδt,(13)

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    δn¨+γδn˙+ωm2δn=2ωmgc02.(14)

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    δc=c+eiδt+ceiδt,(15)

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    δn=n+eiδt+neiδt.(16)

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    c+=Ωs[B(OL)+2ig2ωmω0]B(O2L2)+4iLg2ωmω0,(17)

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    cout(t)=cout0+cout+eiδt+couteiδt=2κ(c0+c+eiδt+ceiδt).(18)

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    I=12ϵ0C|Ep|2.(19)

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    Δm=2mωmΔω.(20)

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    δω=γkBTΔfEc.(21)

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    δm2mωmδω=2mγωm(kBTEc)1/2.(22)

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    Qmax=mωmvPA,(23)

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    Jian Liu, Ka-Di Zhu. Room temperature optical mass sensor with an artificial molecular structure based on surface plasmon optomechanics[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(9): 867
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