Effect of a nanoparticle on the optical properties of a photonic crystal cavity: Theory and experiment

Toeno Van Der Sar, Jenna Hagemeier, Wolfgang Pfaff, Erwin Heeres, Susanna Thon, Hyochul Kim, Pierre Petroff, Oosterkamp Tjerk, Dirk Bouwmeester, Ronald Hanson

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Abstract

Single quantum emitters can be coupled to photonic crystal (PC) cavities by placing their host nanoparticles into the cavity field. We describe fabrication, characterization, and tuning of gallium-phosphide PC cavities that resonate in the visible, and simulations and measurements of the effect of a nanoparticle on the optical properties of these cavities. Simulations show that introducing a 50 nm (100 nm) sized nanoparticle into S1 and L3-type cavities, with original quality factors of 18 103 and 73 103, respectively, reduces the quality factor by <10% (̃50%). Furthermore, simulations indicate that an emitter embedded in a 50 nm (100 nm) sized nanoparticle can be coupled 3.5 (9) times more effectively to an S1 cavity than to an L3 cavity. We employ a nanopositioning technique to position individual, 50 nm sized nanocrystals into S1 cavities, and find that the quality factors are reduced by a factor of 0.9 ± 0.1 from the original values of order 103.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)698-703
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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