Enhanced Light Emitters Based on Metamaterials

Abstract

We report the realization of a new class of artificial media termed Photonic Hypercrystals that combine the large photonic density of states in hyperbolic metamaterials with the light scattering efficiency of photonic crystals. This new class of artificial photonic media is used to demonstrate enhancement in spontaneous emission rate by 20x and out coupling enhancement by 100x from quantum dots embedded inside the medium.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 2017
Accession Number
AD1058705

Entities

People

  • Vinod Menon

Organizations

  • City University of New York

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Broadband
  • Couplings
  • Crystals
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Emission Spectra
  • Engineering
  • Light Scattering
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metamaterials
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Near Field
  • Optics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Yields
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Steady State
  • Two Dimensional
  • Two-Dimensional Materials

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing