Highly-efficient entangled two-photon absorption with the assistance of plasmon nanoantenna

We propose an efficient reaction field for entangled photons utilizing a localized-surface-plasmon (LSP) nanoantenna system. The LSP nanoantenna system consists of two nanometals embedded in a microcavity. For two-photon absorption in a molecule as an example, we show that the excitation population is considerably enhanced by properly choosing the LSP-microcavity parameters. This huge enhancement is attributed to the synergistic effects of the LSP antenna effect and the enhancement effect by entangled photons. (paper)