Title :
Circularly-polarized resonances at the photonic band-edge of chiral liquid crystal microcavities
Author :
Bissell, L.J. ; Lukishova, S.G. ; Stroud, C.R., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
Narrow, circularly-polarized microcavity resonances were observed for the first time in the fluorescence at the photonic band-edge of glassy chiral liquid crystal microcavities both undoped and doped with quantum dots irradiated by a cw-laser beam.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; chirality; cholesteric liquid crystals; fluorescence; light polarisation; optical glass; photonic crystals; quantum dots; selenium compounds; circularly polarized microcavity resonance; circularly polarized resonance; continuous wave laser beam; fluorescence; glassy chiral liquid crystal microcavity; photonic band edge; quantum dots; Fluorescence; Microcavities; Nanocrystals; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Quantum dot lasers; Quantum dots;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
