Title :
Glassy chiral photonic bandgap structures doped with quantum dots for single-photon source applications
Author :
Winkler, Justin M. ; Lukishova, Svetlana G. ; Bissell, Luke J. ; Stroud, Carlos R., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report first observation of fluorescence antibunching from a nanocrystal quantum dot in glassy chiral liquid crystal photonic bandgap microcavity. Circularly polarized resonance (Q~50) shows strong coupling between fluorescence and a microcavity.
Keywords :
chirality; fluorescence; liquid crystals; microcavities; nanostructured materials; photon antibunching; photonic band gap; quantum dots; circularly polarized resonance; fluorescence antibunching; glassy chiral liquid crystal photonic bandgap microcavity; glassy chiral photonic bandgap structures; nanocrystal quantum dot; single-photon source applications; Fluorescence; Measurement by laser beam; Microcavities; Microscopy; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
