Title :
Enhancement of two photon processes in quantum dots embedded in subwavelength metallic gratings
Author :
Harats, Moshe G. ; Schwarz, Ilai ; Rapaport, Ronen ; Zimran, Adiel ; Banin, Uri ; Chen, Gang
Author_Institution :
Racah Inst. of Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
A 20-fold enhancement of two-photon absorption and light upconversion in InAs nanocrystal quantum dots is achieved using resonant local field enhancements in subwavelength nanoslit arrays.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; diffraction gratings; indium compounds; nanostructured materials; semiconductor quantum dots; two-photon processes; InAs; InAs nanocrystal quantum dots; light upconversion; resonant local field enhancements; subwavelength metallic gratings; subwavelength nanoslit arrays; two photon processes; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Metals; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Quantum dots;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
