Deterministically polarized, room temperature source of single photons based on single-emitter fluorescence in aligned liquid crystal hosts

Author

Lukishova, Svetlana G. ; Schmid, Ansgar W. ; Knox, Russell ; Freivald, Patrick ; Bissell, Luke ; Boyd, Robert W. ; Stroud, Carlos R., Jr. ; Marshall, Kenneth L.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge deterministically polarized fluorescence from single dye molecules. Planar aligned nematic liquid crystal hosts provide deterministic alignment of single dye molecules in a preferred direction.

Keywords

dyes; fluorescence; molecular orientation; nematic liquid crystals; quantum communication; quantum optics; aligned liquid crystal; deterministic alignment; deterministically polarized single photon source; planar aligned nematic liquid crystal; single dye molecules; single-emitter fluorescence; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atomic force microscopy; Fluorescence; Liquid crystals; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystals; Statistics; Temperature; (180.2520) Fluorescence microscopy; (270.5290) Photon statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628820

Filename

4628820