Title :
Photonic crystal cavities: From nonlinear optics at a few photons level, to fast, energy efficient information processing
Author :
Vuckovic, Jelena ; Majumdar, Arka ; Rivoire, Kelley ; Buckley, Sonia ; Papageorge, Alexander ; Kim, Erik ; Bajcsy, Michal
Abstract :
A combination of a single quantum emitter (a semiconductor quantum dot) with a semiconductor optical nanocavity has been employed to demonstrate devices ranging from optical switches and modulators controlled with sub-fJ energies, to quantum sources.
Keywords :
light sources; nanophotonics; optical modulation; optical switches; photonic crystals; quantum optics; semiconductor quantum dots; energy efficient information processing; nonlinear optics; optical modulators; optical switches; photonic crystal cavities; quantum sources; semiconductor optical nanocavity; semiconductor quantum dot; single quantum emitter; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943167
