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Effective Coupling of a Topological Corner-state Nanocavity to Various Plasmon Nanoantennas

  • Ma, Na (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Jiang, Ping (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Zeng, You Tao (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Qiao, Xiao Zhen (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Xu, Xian Feng (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China))
  • Received : 2022.02.25
  • Accepted : 2022.07.20
  • Published : 2022.10.25
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Abstract

Topological photonic nanocavities are considered to possess outstanding optical performance, and provide new platforms for realizing strong interaction between light and matter, due to their robustness to impurities and defects. Here hybrid plasmonic topological photonic nanocavities are proposed, by embedding various plasmon nanoantennas such as gold nanospheres, cylinders, and rectangles in a topological photonic crystal corner-state nanocavity. The maximum quality factor Q and minimum effective mode volume Veff of these hybrid nanocavities can reach the order of 104 and 10-4 (𝜆/n)3 respectively, and the high figures of merit Q/Veff for all of these hybrid nanocavites are stable and on the order of 105 (𝜆/n)-3. The relative positions of the plasmon nanoantennas will influence the coupling strength between the plasmon structures and the topological nanocavity. The hybrid nanocavity with gold nanospheres possesses much higher Q, but relatively large Veff. The presence of a gold rectangular structure can confine more electromagnetic energy within a smaller space, since its Veff is smallest, although Q is lowest among these structures. This work provides an outstanding platform for cavity quantum electrodynamics and has a wide range of applications in topological quantum light sources, such as single-photon sources and nanolasers.

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Central University Basic Research Fund (22CX03018A); Graduate Innovation Engineering Project (YCX2021145).

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