Coupling of quantum-dot light emission with a three-dimensional photonic-crystal nanocavity

Nature Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 688-692

  Aoki, Kanna ^a,b,d   Guimard, Denis ^a,b   Nishioka, Masao ^a   Nomura, Masahiro ^a,b   Iwamoto, Satoshi ^a,b,c   Arakawa, Yasuhiko ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED QUANTUM DOTS; MICRO MANIPULATION; NANO-CAVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY FACTORS; SHARP EMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POINT DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 55249118570     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2008.202     Document Type: Article

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