Nonlinear and Quantum Optics with Nanostructures

Dear Colleagues,

Nonlinear optical interactions in nanostructures strongly depend on the near-field intensity and polarization pattern around the nanostructure and their clusters. Respectively, nonlinear optical response brings lots of information about the nanostructures and interplay of electric and magnetic contributions (such as electric and magnetic dipoles, quadrupoles, and other modes) within the nanostructure to the exciting electromagnetic field. Then the whole arsenal of nonlinear optical methods can be employed to study these interactions and their dynamics with sub-nanometer space- and femtosecond time-resolution being empowered by Mie and plasmonic resonances as well as bound states in the continuum.

Interaction of the light with nanostructure(s) and, especially, with quantum emitters in the near-field of these structures when quantum features of light and of quantum emitter(s), as well as of the nanostructure(s) come into the play, requires an arsenal of quantum optics methods to study such systems.

This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress in both nonlinear and quantum optics studies of nanostructures (including their interactions with a few-level quantum emitters). The format of welcomed articles includes full papers, communications, and reviews. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Nonlinear optics with nanostructures (wave mixing; nonlinear scattering from individual nanostructures; enhanced nonlinear effects (SHG, FWM, CARS); nonlinear optical properties of nanostructures at a single-photon level; controlling light with light in nanostructures; nonlinear plasmonic crystals, switching and bistability; nonlinear plasmonic metamaterials, etc.)
• Quantum optics in the limit of few quantum emitters and few-plasmons (quantum optics of a quantum emitter (few quantum emitters) in the vicinity of a nanostructure; resonance fluorescence; squeezing of light from resonance fluorescence; effects of bunching/antibunching; statistics of light from resonance fluorescence; quantum entanglement in a few-levels quantum emitters near a nanostructure, etc.)

Prof. Dr. Victor Zadkov
Prof. Dr. Yuri Kivshar
Guest Editors

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