DocumentCode
375809
Title
Verification of principle for nano-meter size optical near-field switch by using CuCl quantum cubes
Author
Kawazoe, T. ; Kobayashi, K. ; Lim, J. ; Narita, Y. ; Ohtsu, M.
Author_Institution
Exploratory Res. for Adv. Technol., Japan Sci. & Technol. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
We propose a near-field optical nano-switch. The switching mechanism is based on the near-field energy transfer among sub-levels in quantum cubes. To inspect the switching, we observed the size-selected spatial distribution of CuCl quantum cubes.
Keywords
copper compounds; excitons; luminescent devices; near-field scanning optical microscopy; optical switches; photoluminescence; semiconductor quantum dots; CuCl; discrete exciton energy sublevels; excitation transfer quenching; far-field luminescence; near-field energy transfer; near-field optical nanoswitch; near-field optical probe; near-field spectroscopy; quantum cubes; size-selected spatial distribution; switching mechanism; Energy exchange; Energy states; Excitons; Lighting control; Luminescence; Optical microscopy; Optical switches; Probes; Resonance; Switching systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6738-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967792
Filename
967792
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