Title :
Active three-dimensional photonic crystals with high third-order nonlinearity in telecommunication
Author :
Jia, Baohua ; Buso, Dario ; Li, Jiafang ; Gu, Min
Author_Institution :
Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We developed a novel nanocomposite consisting of an organic-inorganic hybrid polymer modified with near-infrared emitting core-shell quantum dots. The composite has both high third-order nonlinearity and a high quantum efficiency and is suitable for photonic crystal fabrication.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; IV-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; lead compounds; nanocomposites; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical polymers; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; photonic crystals; polymerisation; semiconductor quantum dots; two-photon processes; 3D photonic crystals; PbSe-CdSe; PbSe-PbS; nanocomposite; near-infrared emitting core-shell quantum dots; organic-inorganic hybrid polymer; photonic crystal fabrication; quantum efficiency; telecommunication-wavelength emission; third-order nonlinearity; two-photon polymerisation; Absorption; Doping; Fabrication; Optical devices; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Pollution measurement; Polymers; Quantum dots; Wavelength measurement; emitting; nanocomposite; nonlinear; photonic crystals; quantum dots;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292322
