2026-07-14 アメリカ合衆国・ルイジアナ州立大学(LSU)
A new Nature study establishes a blueprint for engineering future quantum materials that operate under everyday conditions. Credit: LSU Quantum Photonics Group.
＜関連情報＞
- https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2026/07/rt-quantum-material.php
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10782-3
量子統計プラズモンメタ結晶 Quantum statistical plasmonic metacrystals
Chenglong You, Riley B. Dawkins, Jannatul Ferdous, Mohammed Mehedi Hasan, Aadi Singh, Ziang Zhuang, Addison Wilberg, Ian Baum, Benjamin Bertoni, Mingyuan Hong & Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza
Nature Published:15 July 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10782-3
Abstract
Engineering materials that control quantum many-body dynamics remains challenging, as multiparticle interactions typically produce complex emergent behaviour that is difficult to predict1,2. Here we introduce quantum statistical plasmonic metacrystals, structures in which the multiparticle dynamics mediated by optical near fields produce forbidden quantum statistical bands that enable selective transmission of different types of light. This functionality arises from a plasmonic structure composed of nanoantennas acting as meta-atoms3. Multiphoton fields with statistics within the allowed bands propagate without distortion, whereas fields in forbidden bands are suppressed or driven towards the nearest accessible statistical state. We show that these bands are determined by the geometry and collective arrangement of the meta-atoms, providing a deterministic route to engineering quantum statistical transport. This platform establishes a room-temperature quantum material intrinsically sensitive to the quantum coherence of many-body photonic systems, enabling their robust manipulation and transport4. Our results have implications for coherence-sensitive photonic materials for energy harvesting and scalable many-body quantum technologies2,5.
