Article Dans Une Revue Nature Physics Année : 2018

Self-hybridization within non-Hermitian localized plasmonic systems

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The orthogonal eigenmodes are well-defined solutions of Hermitian equations describing many physical situations from quantum mechanics to acoustics. However, a large variety of non-Hermitian problems, including gravitational waves close to black holes or leaky electromagnetic cavities, require the use of a bi-orthogonal eigenbasis with consequences challenging our physical understanding1,2,3,4. The need to compensate for energy losses made the few successful attempts5,6,7,8 to experimentally probe non-Hermiticity extremely complicated. We overcome this problem by considering localized plasmonic systems. As the non-Hermiticity in these systems does not stem from temporal invariance breaking but from spatial symmetry breaking, its consequences can be observed more easily. We report on the theoretical and experimental evidence for non-Hermiticity-induced strong coupling between surface plasmon modes of different orders within silver nanodaggers. The symmetry conditions for triggering this counter-intuitive self-hybridization phenomenon are provided. Similar observable effects are expected to exist in any system exhibiting bi-orthogonal eigenmodes.

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Hugo Lourenco-Martins, Pabitra Das, Luiz Tizei, Raphaël Weil, Mathieu Kociak. Self-hybridization within non-Hermitian localized plasmonic systems. Nature Physics, 2018, 14 (4), pp.360-364. ⟨10.1038/s41567-017-0023-6⟩. ⟨hal-02358027⟩
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