Researchers have observed light propagation in which photons glide smoothly along a one-dimensional chain of electrons known as a Luttinger liquid — a many-body interacting quantum system held within a single-walled carbon nanotube.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$209.00 per year
only $17.42 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Hoddeson, L., Baym, G. & Eckert, M. Rev. Mod. Phys. 59, 287 (1987).
Takahara, J., Yamagisha, S., Taki, H., Morimoto, A. & Kobayashi, T. Opt. Lett. 22, 475–477 (1997).
Gramotnev, D. K. & Bozhevolnyi, S. I. Nature Photon. 4, 83–91 (2010).
Marder, M. P. Condensed Matter Physics 2nd edn. (Wiley, 2010).
Deshpande, V. V., Brockrath, M., Glazman, L. I. & Yacoby, A. Nature 464, 209–216 (2010).
Shi, Z. et al. Nature Photon. 9, 515–519 (2015).
Moradi, A. Photon. Nanostruct. Fund. Appl. 11, 85–88 (2013).
Kane, C., Balents, L. & Fisher, M. P. A. Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 5086 (1997).
Loudon, R. The Quantum Theory of Light 3rd edn. (Oxford Univ. Press, 2000).
Tame, M. S. et al. Nature Phys. 9, 329–340 (2013).
O'Brien, J. L., Furusawa, A. & Vuckovic, J. Nature Photon. 3, 687–695 (2009).
Hartmann, N. et al. Nano Lett. 12, 177–181 (2012).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Tame, M. Liquid quantum photonics. Nature Photon 9, 485–487 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.130
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.130
