Open AccessIn-plane single-photon emission from a L3 cavity coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide
Author(s) -
Andre Schwagmann,
Sokratis Kalliakos,
David Ellis,
I. Farrer,
Jonathan Griffiths,
G. A. C. Jones,
D. A. Ritchie,
A. J. Shields
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.028614
Subject(s) - photonic crystal , photon , optics , waveguide , photonics , finite difference time domain method , cavity quantum electrodynamics , optoelectronics , quantum dot , yablonovite , coupling (piping) , photonic integrated circuit , quantum optics , physics , materials science , quantum , quantum mechanics , open quantum system , metallurgy
We report on the design and experimental demonstration of a system based on an L3 cavity coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide for in-plane single-photon emission. A theoretical and experimental investigation for all the cavity modes within the photonic bandgap is presented for stand-alone L3 cavity structures. We provide a detailed discussion supported by finite-difference time-domain calculations of the evanescent coupling of an L3 cavity to a photonic crystal waveguide for on-chip single-photon transmission. Such a system is demonstrated experimentally by the in-plane transmission of quantum light from an InAs quantum dot coupled to the L3 cavity mode.