Title :
Circularly-polarized light emission from semiconductor planar chiral photonic crystals
Author :
Konishi, Kuniaki ; Nomura, Masahiro ; Kumagai, Naoto ; Iwamoto, Satoshi ; Arakawa, Yasuhiko ; Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Photon Sci. Center, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Circular anisotropy of vacuum filed modes is induced in on-waveguide semiconductor chiral photonic crystals. Quantum dots embedded in the waveguide layer emit circularly polarized light with 25% of circular degree of polarization.
Keywords :
Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Biomedical optical imaging; Elementary particle vacuum; Gallium arsenide; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Physics; Quantum dots; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
