Spontaneous Emission Properties of Single Emitters in Planar Photonic Crystals

Author

Gerken, Martina ; Müller, Jürgen G. ; Bornemann, Rainer ; Bastian, Georg ; Lemmer, Uli ; Schelle, Detlef ; Augustin, Markus ; Kley, Ernst-Bernhard ; Tünnermann, Andreas

Author_Institution

Light Technol. Inst., Karlsruhe Univ.

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

39

Abstract

We investigate the quantum-optical interplay of two-dimensional (2D) planar photonic crystals with localized emitters. Due to the spatial variation of the photonic density of states in the photonic crystal unit cell the spontaneous emission properties dependent strongly on the location of the emitter. We infiltrate nanospheres doped with small dye molecules as localized probes into 2D hexagonal Nb₂O₅ photonic crystals. Using spatially resolved spectroscopy and time correlated single photon counting direct measurements of the spontaneous emission properties of single, localized emitters are performed

Keywords

dyes; nanostructured materials; niobium compounds; photonic crystals; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; Nb₂O₅; Nb₂O₅ photonic crystals; doped nanospheres; dye molecules; hexagonal photonic crystals; localized emitters; localized probes; photonic crystal unit cell; photonic density of states; planar photonic crystals; quantum-optical interplay; single emitters; single photon counting; spatially resolved spectroscopy; spontaneous emission; time correlated direct measurements; two-dimensional photonic crystals; Electron beams; Etching; Fabrication; Fluorescence; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Slabs; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy; Spontaneous emission; local radiative density of states; photonic crystal; spatially resolved spectroscopy; spontaneous emission; time correlated single photon counting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248317

Filename

4013713