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Cover Picture: Harnessing Light with Photonic Nanowires: Fundamentals and Applications to Quantum Optics (ChemPhysChem 11/2013)
Author(s) -
Claudon Julien,
Gregersen Niels,
Lalanne Philippe,
Gérard JeanMichel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201390051
Subject(s) - photonics , quantum optics , optoelectronics , nanowire , planar , physics , quantum , quantum dot , photon , optics , quantum imaging , broadband , materials science , nanotechnology , quantum technology , computer science , open quantum system , quantum mechanics , computer graphics (images)
Artist view of an optical antenna based on a tailored photonic wire, as it is discussed by J. Claudon et al. on p. 2393. The antenna exploits both the broadband spontaneous emission control offered by a single‐mode photonic wire and the engineering of its far‐field emission, using a planar mirror and a top conical taper. By inserting a quantum dot inside the wire, one realizes a very bright single‐photon source. Beyond this first application, such a structure opens appealing perspectives for the future developments of solid‐state quantum optics.