Light-controlled photon tunneling
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- 22 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 81 (18) , 3314-3316
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1518778
Abstract
Recent measurements of photon tunneling through individual subwavelength pinholes in a gold film covered with a layer of polydiacetylene [Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 187402 (2002)] has provided strong indication of “photon blockade” effects similar to Coulomb blockade phenomena observed in single-electron tunneling experiments. Here we report the observation of photon tunneling being blocked (gated) by light at a different wavelength. This suggests the possibility of building a class of “gated” photon tunneling devices for all-optical signal processing.All Related Versions
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