Transport properties of a single plasmon interacting with a hybrid system composed of a semiconductor quantum dot (SQD) and a metal nanoparticle (MNP) coupled to one-dimensional surface plasmonic waveguide are investigated theoretically via the real-space approach. We considered that the MNP-SQD interaction leads to the formation of a hybrid exciton and the transmission and reflection of a single incident plasmon could be controlled by adjusting the frequency of the classical control field applied to the MNP-SQD hybrid nanosystem, the kinds of metallic nanoparticles and the background media, respectively. The transport properties of a single plasmon interacting with such a hybrid nanosystem discussed here could find the applications in the design of next-generation quantum devices such as single photon switching and nanomirrors, and in quantum information processing.

Transport properties of a single plasmon interacting with two quantum dots (QDs) system coupled to one-dimensional surface plasmonic waveguide are investigated theoretically via the real-space approach. We mainly focus on the coupling effects of the two QDs on the transmission properties of a single incident plasmon. We demonstrated that switching of a single plasmon can be achieved by controlling the interparticle distance, the interparticle coupling strength, and the QD-waveguide coupling strength, as well as spectral detuning. We also showed that the coupling between the continuum excitations and the discrete excitations results in the Fano-type transmission spectrum.The transport properties of a single plasmon interacting with such a two direct coupled QDs system could find the applications in the design of plasmonic nanodevices, such as single photon switching and nanomirrors, and in quantum information processing.

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By using the real-space method, switching of a single plasmon interacting with a hybrid nanosystem composed of a semiconductor quantum dot (SQD) and a metallic nanoparticle (MNP) coupled to one-dimensional surface plasmonic waveguide is investigated theoretically. We discussed that the dipole coupling between an exciton and a localized surface plasmon results in the formation of a hybrid exciton and the transmission and reflection of the propagating single plasmon could be controlled by changing the interparticle distance between the SQD and the MNP and the size of the nanoparticles. The controllable transport of the propagating single surface plasmon by such a nanosystem discussed here could find the significant potential in the design of next-generation quantum devices such as plasmonic switch, single photon transistor and nanolaser and quantum information.

We investigated theoretically the exciton-plasmon coupling effects on the population dynamics and the absorption properties of a hybrid nanosystem composed of a metal nanoparticle (MNP) and a V-type three level semiconductor quantum dot (SQD), which are created by the interaction with the induced dipole moments in the SQD and the MNP, respectively. Excitons of the SQD and the plasmons of the MNP in such a hybrid nanosystem could be coupled strongly or weakly to demonstrate novel properties of the hybrid system. Our results show that the nonlinear optical response of the hybrid nanosystem can be greatly enhanced or depressed due to the exciton-plasmon couplings.