Title :
Saturation behaviour of PbSe nanocrystal exciton emission coupled to silicon photonic crystal microcavities
Author :
Qiao, Haijun ; Foell, Charles ; Abel, Keith A. ; Hughes, Stephen ; Van Veggel, Frank C J M ; Young, Jeff F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate the saturation of non-resonantly pumped, cavity-coupled exciton emission from 5 nm PbSe nanocrystals on silicon photonic crystal microcavities at microwatt excitation powers at room temperature, in agreement with simulations.
Keywords :
IV-VI semiconductors; excitons; lead compounds; nanostructured materials; photonic crystals; silicon; PbSe; cavity-coupled exciton emission; nanocrystal exciton emission; saturation behaviour; silicon photonic crystal microcavities; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Excitons; Microcavities; Nanocrystals; Silicon; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
