Title :
Highly efficient coupling of photons from single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals into single-mode optical fibers
Author :
Fujiwara, Masazumi ; Toubaru, Kiyota ; Noda, Tetsuya ; Zhao, Hong-Quan ; Takeuchi, Shigeki
Author_Institution :
RIES, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
We report efficient coupling of nanoemitters and single-mode fibers. 7.4% of the total emitted photons from single CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals were directly coupled into 300-nm-diameter tapered fibers and were output from the single-mode fiber ends.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; nanostructured materials; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre fabrication; zinc compounds; CdSe-ZnS; highly efficient coupling; nanocrystals; nanoemitters; single mode optical fibers; size 300 nm; tapered fibers; Couplings; Fluorescence; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
