Title :
Spontaneous Emission Properties of Single Emitters in Planar Photonic Crystals
Author :
Gerken, Martina ; Müller, Jürgen G. ; Bornemann, Rainer ; Bastian, Georg ; Lemmer, Uli ; Schelle, Detlef ; Augustin, Markus ; Kley, Ernst-Bernhard ; Tünnermann, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Light Technol. Inst., Karlsruhe Univ.
Abstract :
We investigate the quantum-optical interplay of two-dimensional (2D) planar photonic crystals with localized emitters. Due to the spatial variation of the photonic density of states in the photonic crystal unit cell the spontaneous emission properties dependent strongly on the location of the emitter. We infiltrate nanospheres doped with small dye molecules as localized probes into 2D hexagonal Nb2O5 photonic crystals. Using spatially resolved spectroscopy and time correlated single photon counting direct measurements of the spontaneous emission properties of single, localized emitters are performed
Keywords :
dyes; nanostructured materials; niobium compounds; photonic crystals; quantum optics; spontaneous emission; Nb2O5; Nb2O5 photonic crystals; doped nanospheres; dye molecules; hexagonal photonic crystals; localized emitters; localized probes; photonic crystal unit cell; photonic density of states; planar photonic crystals; quantum-optical interplay; single emitters; single photon counting; spatially resolved spectroscopy; spontaneous emission; time correlated direct measurements; two-dimensional photonic crystals; Electron beams; Etching; Fabrication; Fluorescence; Photonic crystals; Polymers; Slabs; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy; Spontaneous emission; local radiative density of states; photonic crystal; spatially resolved spectroscopy; spontaneous emission; time correlated single photon counting;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nottingham
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0235-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0236-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2006.248317
