Title :
Photonic crystal nanobeam cavities for single-step metal nanoparticle integration
Author :
Mukherjee, Ishita ; Hajisalem, Ghazal ; Gordon, Reuven
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Abstract :
We present the simulation results, fabrication and measurements of a Si3N4 nanobeam cavity as a first step of obtaining enhanced single photon emission from quantum emitters in a photonic crystal cavity incorporating a metal nanoparticle. The cavity is designed to resonate at the operating wavelength of a CdSe quantum dot emitter. We use focused ion beam (FIB) milling as a one step process and have successfully achieved cavities with quality factors >;30,000. Future work will involve incorporating metal nanoparticles in to the cavities for which we have synthesized colloidal silver nanoparticles.
Keywords :
focused ion beam technology; milling; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; silver; Si3N4; focused ion beam milling; nanobeam cavity; nanoparticles; photonic crystal cavity; photonic crystal nanobeam cavities; quantum dot emitter; quantum emitters; single photon emission; single-step metal nanoparticle integration; Cavity resonators; Fabrication; Metals; Nanoparticles; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Plasmons; Quantum emitter; focused ion beam; photonic beam cavity;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2011 11th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1514-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9399
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2011.6144507
