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

R. Oulton; B. D. Jones; S. Lam; A. R. A. Chalcraft; D. Szymanski; D. O'Brien; T. F. Krauss; D. Sanvitto; A. M. Fox; D. M. Whittaker; M. Hopkinson; M. S. Skolnick

doi:10.1364/OE.15.017221

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

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

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Abstract

We study the linear polarization of the emission from single quantum dots embedded in an ``L3'' defect nanocavity in a two-dimensional photonic crystal. By using narrow linewidth optical excitation in resonance with higher-order modes, we are able to achieve strong quantum dot emission intensity whilst reducing the background from quantum dots in the surrounding lattice. We find that all the dots observed emit very strongly linearly polarized light of the same orientation as the closest mode, despite the fact that these quantum dots may be spectrally detuned by several times the mode linewidth. We discuss the coupling mechanisms which may explain this behavior. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17221-17230
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	15
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.017221
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2007

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Oulton, R., Jones, B. D., Lam, S., Chalcraft, A. R. A., Szymanski, D., O'Brien, D., Krauss, T. F., Sanvitto, D., Fox, A. M., Whittaker, D. M., Hopkinson, M., & Skolnick, M. S. (2007). Polarized quantum dot emission from photonic crystal nanocavities studied under mode-resonant enhanced excitation. Optics Express, 15(25), 17221-17230. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.017221

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