Quantum Light Funneling in Tailored Triangular Plasmonic Nanocavities
Solid-state quantum emitters (QEs) are central to quantum photonic technologies, but existing plasmonic and dielectric cavities rarely combine nanoscale spatial control, high photon flux, and polarization stability. We present a triangular gap-plasmon cavity integrated with monolayer WSe<sub>2</sub> that achieves all three by coupling apex-concentrated strain fields with localized optical confinement, thereby realizing deterministic quantum light funneling to a sub-100 nm region. Finite-element simulations identify an optimal 66 nm geometry with a 20° apex angle, maximizing Purcell enhancement near 750 nm. Gold nanotriangles reproducibly activate three strain-induced QEs; the apex emitter exhibits <i>g</i><sup>2</sup> (0) = 0.054 (0.141 when coupled), a lifetime reduction from 16.8 to 0.248 ns (63-fold on average), and saturation counts up to 126 MHz into the first lens. Base emitters show a lower ∼23-fold enhancement, yielding a tip-to-base ratio of 2.7. Polarization studies across 41 QEs confirm dipole alignment within ±5°. When further combining this triangular platform with resonant excitation and tuning schemes, a scalable route toward indistinguishable single-photon sources on chip could be achieved.
Authors
- Luke N. Holtzman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9898-7075)
- Licheng Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5809-0739)
- Adnane Noual (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-1000)
- Katayun Barmak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0070-158X)
- Seyed Sepehr Mohajerani
- Yuxing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3012-2696)
- James Hone Hone
- Na Liu
- Anthony Masullo
- Stefan Strauf
Institutions
- Stevens Institute of Technology (US)
- Laboratoire d’Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (FR)
- Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Nano
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c16988
- Primary Topic
- Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00