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Professor Peter Haynes

Central Faculty, Office of the Provost

Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience)
 
 
 
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Contact

 

p.haynes Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mrs Anushka Patel +44 (0)20 7594 6070

 
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Location

 

409Faculty BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Siroki:2016:10.1038/ncomms12375,
author = {Siroki, G and Lee, DKK and Haynes, PD and Giannini, V},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms12375},
journal = {Nature Communications},
title = {Single-electron induced surface plasmons on a topological nanoparticle},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12375},
volume = {7},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - It is rarely the case that a single electron affects the behaviour of several hundred thousands of atoms. Here we demonstrate a phenomenon where this happens. The key role is played by topological insulators—materials that have surface states protected by time-reversal symmetry. Such states are delocalized over the surface and are immune to its imperfections in contrast to ordinary insulators. For topological insulators, the effects of these surface states will be more strongly pronounced in the case of nanoparticles. Here we show that under the influence of light a single electron in a topologically protected surface state creates a surface charge density similar to a plasmon in a metallic nanoparticle. Such an electron can act as a screening layer, which suppresses absorption inside the particle. In addition, it can couple phonons and light, giving rise to a previously unreported topological particle polariton mode. These effects may be useful in the areas of plasmonics, cavity electrodynamics and quantum information.
AU  - Siroki,G
AU  - Lee,DKK
AU  - Haynes,PD
AU  - Giannini,V
DO  - 10.1038/ncomms12375
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2041-1723
TI  - Single-electron induced surface plasmons on a topological nanoparticle
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12375
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/33378
VL  - 7
ER  -
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