Polarized quantum dot emission from photonic crystal nanocavities studied under mode-resonant enhanced excitation

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 17221-17230

  Oulton, R ^a   Jones, B D ^a   Lam, S ^a   Chalcraft, A R A ^a   Szymanski, D ^a,b   O'Brien, D ^b   Krauss, T F ^b   Sanvitto, D ^c   Fox, A M ^a   Whittaker, D M ^a   Hopkinson, M ^a   Skolnick, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

LINEAR POLARIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES; QUANTUM DOT EMISSIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 37249060051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017221     Document Type: Article

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