Title :
Enhancement of emission due to local density of states (LDOS) effects in 2-D photonic crystal tapered optical fibre
Author :
Myers, Sam ; Fussell, David ; Dawes, Judith ; De Sterke, Martijn ; McPhedran, Ross ; Mägi, Eric ; Eggleton, Benjamin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Enhancement and suppression of spontaneous emission in certain directions near the bandgap is observed for dye molecules in the centre of tapered photonic crystal fibres, as predicted by LDOS calculations, but not by the bandstructure.
Keywords :
dyes; holey fibres; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; spontaneous emission; 2-D photonic crystal tapered optical fibre; LDOS calculations; dye molecules; local density-of-states effects; photonic bandgap; spontaneous emission enhancement; spontaneous emission suppression; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonic crystals; Physics; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; (050.1950) Diffraction gratings; (060.2310) Fiber Optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628637
