DocumentCode
1770534
Title
Enhanced spontaneous emission by embedding light emitters inside hyperbolic metamaterials
Author
Ferrari, Lorenzo ; Lu, Dan ; Lepage, Dominic ; Zhaowei Liu
Author_Institution
Mater. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The inclusion of an emitter inside a Ag/Si multilayer yields a 3-fold enhancement of the Purcell factor over its outer value. The radiation is outcoupled to the far-field via a triangular and a rectangular grating.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; optical metamaterials; optical multilayers; semiconductor-metal boundaries; silicon; silver; spontaneous emission; 3-fold enhancement; Ag-Si; Purcell factor; enhanced spontaneous emission; hyperbolic metamaterials; light emitters; rectangular grating; triangular grating; Gratings; Hidden Markov models; Light emitting diodes; Metamaterials; Nonhomogeneous media; Silicon; Spontaneous emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988969
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