Linearly Polarized, Single-Mode Spontaneous Emission in a Photonic Nanowire

作者:Munsch Mathieu*; Claudon Julien; Bleuse Joel; Malik Nitin S; Dupuy Emmanuel; Gerard Jean Michel; Chen Yuntian; Gregersen Niels; Mork Jesper
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2012, 108(7): 077405.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.077405

摘要

We introduce dielectric elliptical photonic nanowires to funnel efficiently the spontaneous emission of an embedded emitter into a single optical mode. Inside a wire with a moderate lateral aspect ratio, the electromagnetic environment is largely dominated by a single guided mode, with a linear polarization oriented along the ellipse major axis. The resulting monomode spontaneous emission is maintained over a broad wavelength range, a key asset of this 1D photonic structure. Our theoretical analysis is completed by an experimental study of GaAs elliptical photonic wires with embedded InAs quantum dots. In particular, the fraction of collected photons with the desired linear polarization can exceed 95%.

  • 出版日期2012-2-17
  • 单位中国地震局