Title :
Single photon gun: Radiative decay engineering with metamaterials
Author :
Jacob, Zubin ; Smolyaninov, Igor ; Narimanov, Evgenii E.
Author_Institution :
Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We propose a new approach to single-photon sources based on metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion. Highly directional emission and dramatic reduction in spontaneous-emission lifetime due to the singularity in density-of-states leads to an ideal photon gun.
Keywords :
light sources; metamaterials; optical dispersion; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; density-of-states; highly directional emission; hyperbolic dispersion; metamaterials; radiative decay engineering; single photon gun; single photon sources; spontaneous emission lifetime; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Dielectric substrates; Dispersion; Jacobian matrices; Metamaterials; Nanotechnology; Optical losses; Permittivity; Photonic crystals; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343279
