Room-temperature single photon sources with definite circular and linear polarizations based on single-emitter fluorescence in liquid crystal hosts

Luke J. Bissell; Svetlana G. Lukishova; Ansgar W. Schmid; Megan A. Hahn; Chris M. Evans; Todd D. Krauss; Carlos R. Stroud Jr.; Robert W. Boyd

doi:10.1117/12.880945

11 January 2011 Room-temperature single photon sources with definite circular and linear polarizations based on single-emitter fluorescence in liquid crystal hosts

Luke J. Bissell, Svetlana G. Lukishova, Ansgar W. Schmid, Megan A. Hahn, Chris M. Evans, Todd D. Krauss, Carlos R. Stroud Jr., Robert W. Boyd

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Proceedings Volume 7993, ICONO 2010: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics; 79931O (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880945
Event: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (ICONO 2010) and International Conference on Lasers, Applications and Technologies (LAT 2010), 2010, Kazan, Russian Federation

Abstract

Experimental results of two room-temperature, robust and efficient single-photon sources with definite circular and linear polarization using single-emitter fluorescence in cholesteric and nematic liquid crystal hosts are discussed. For single emitters, we used nanocrystal quantum dots, single color centers in nanodiamonds, and single dye molecules. Single-photon sources based on single emitters in liquid crystals are the room temperature alternatives to cryogenic single-photon sources base on semiconductor heterostructured quantum dots in microcavities prepared by molecular beam epitaxy.

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Luke J. Bissell, Svetlana G. Lukishova, Ansgar W. Schmid, Megan A. Hahn, Chris M. Evans, Todd D. Krauss, Carlos R. Stroud Jr., and Robert W. Boyd "Room-temperature single photon sources with definite circular and linear polarizations based on single-emitter fluorescence in liquid crystal hosts", Proc. SPIE 7993, ICONO 2010: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, 79931O (11 January 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880945

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