• DocumentCode
    2260280
  • Title

    Unidirectional emission of a quantum dot coupled to an optical nanoantenna

  • Author

    Curto, A.G. ; Volpe, G. ; Taminiau, T.H. ; Kreuzer, M. ; Quidant, R. ; van Hulst, N.F.

  • Author_Institution
    ICFO - Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Castelldefels, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We show unidirectional emission of a single Q-dot by coupling to a nanofabricated Yagi-Uda antenna. The Q-dot drives the resonant feed element and 82% of the Q-dot emission is emitted in a 12° HWHM angle.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; antenna feeds; nanophotonics; quantum dots; nanofabricated Yagi-Uda antenna; optical nanoantenna; quantum dot; resonant feed element; unidirectional emission; Antennas; Biomedical optical imaging; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Quantum dots; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951466