Enhanced spontaneous emission observed at one-dimensional photonic band edges

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.27.000045

Enhanced spontaneous emission observed at one-dimensional photonic band edges

Keiji Kuroda, Tsutomu Sawada, Takashi Kuroda, Kenji Watanabe, and Kazuaki Sakoda »View Author Affiliations

JOSA B, Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 45-50 (2010)
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We recently reported experimental evidence for double enhancement of spontaneous emission due to increased photon density of states and small group velocity at photonic band-edge frequencies by observing angle-resolved emission and excitation spectra of photoluminescence [ K. Kuroda et al., Opt. Express 17, 13168 (2009) ]. The specimen we used was a one-dimensional photonic crystal composed of periodic multilayers of ${Ta}_{2} O_{5}$ and $Si O_{2}$ with oxygen vacancies as light emitters. In the present study, we report on the lack of any excitation intensity dependence of the emission peak height and width, which excludes possibilities of nonlinear effects, the polarized emission spectra, and their comparison with theoretical calculations to further confirm our finding.

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(160.2540) Materials : Fluorescent and luminescent materials
(260.3800) Physical optics : Luminescence
(160.5298) Materials : Photonic crystals

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History
Original Manuscript: September 14, 2009
Revised Manuscript: October 23, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: October 30, 2009
Published: December 17, 2009

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Keiji Kuroda, Tsutomu Sawada, Takashi Kuroda, Kenji Watanabe, and Kazuaki Sakoda, "Enhanced spontaneous emission observed at one-dimensional photonic band edges," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, 45-50 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-27-1-45

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J. D. Joannopoulos, R. D. Meade, and J. N. Winn, Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light (Princeton Univ. Press, 1995).
K. Sakoda, Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals, 2nd ed. (Springer, 2004).
K. Sakoda, “Optics of photonic crystals,” Opt. Rev. 6, 381-392 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. Hübner, J. P. Prineas, C. Ell, P. Brick, E. S. Lee, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, and S. W. Koch, “Optical lattices achieved by excitons in periodic quantum well structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2841-2844 (1999). [CrossRef]
E. L. Ivchenko, M. M. Voronov, M. V. Erementchouk, L. I. Deych, and A. A. Lisyansky, “Multiple-quantum-well-based photonic crystals with simple and compound elementary supercells,” Phys. Rev. B 70, 195106 (2004). [CrossRef]
K. Kuroda, T. Sawada, T. Kuroda, K. Watanabe, and K. Sakoda, “Doubly enhanced spontaneous emission due to increased photon density of states at photonic band edge frequencies,” Opt. Express 17, 13168-13177 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. Lodahl, A. F. van Driel, I. S. Nikolaev, A. Irman, K. Overgaag, D. Vanmaekelbergh, and W. L. Vos, “Controlling the dynamics of spontaneous emission from quantum dots by photonic crystals,” Nature 430, 654-657 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. D. Tocci, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, J. P. Dowling, and C. M. Bowden, “Measurement of spontaneous-emission enhancement near the one-dimensional photonic band edge of semiconductor heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. A 53, 2799-2803 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. P. Dowling, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, and C. M. Bowden, “The photonic band edge laser: A new approach to gain enhancement,” J. Appl. Phys. 75, 1896-1899 (1994). [CrossRef]
M. Scalora, J. P. Dowling, M. Tocci, M. J. Bloemer, C. M. Bowden, and J. W. Haus, “Dipole emission rates in one-dimensional photonic band-gap materials,” Appl. Phys. B 60, S57-S61 (1995).
Y. Matsuhisa, Y. Huang, Y. Zhou, S.-T. Wu, Y. Takao, A. Fujii, and M. Ozaki, “Cholesteric liquid crystal laser in a dielectric mirror cavity upon band-edge excitation,” Opt. Express 15, 616-622 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Astic, Ph. Delaye, R. Frey, G. Roosen, R. André, N. Belabas, I. Sagnes, and R. Raj, “Time resolved nonlinear spectroscopy at the band edge of 1D photonic crystals,” J. Phys. D 41, 224005 (2008). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. B

M. Scalora, J. P. Dowling, M. Tocci, M. J. Bloemer, C. M. Bowden, and J. W. Haus, “Dipole emission rates in one-dimensional photonic band-gap materials,” Appl. Phys. B 60, S57-S61 (1995).

J. Appl. Phys.

J. P. Dowling, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, and C. M. Bowden, “The photonic band edge laser: A new approach to gain enhancement,” J. Appl. Phys. 75, 1896-1899 (1994). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. D

M. Astic, Ph. Delaye, R. Frey, G. Roosen, R. André, N. Belabas, I. Sagnes, and R. Raj, “Time resolved nonlinear spectroscopy at the band edge of 1D photonic crystals,” J. Phys. D 41, 224005 (2008). [CrossRef]

Nature

P. Lodahl, A. F. van Driel, I. S. Nikolaev, A. Irman, K. Overgaag, D. Vanmaekelbergh, and W. L. Vos, “Controlling the dynamics of spontaneous emission from quantum dots by photonic crystals,” Nature 430, 654-657 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

Opt. Rev.

K. Sakoda, “Optics of photonic crystals,” Opt. Rev. 6, 381-392 (1999). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

M. D. Tocci, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, J. P. Dowling, and C. M. Bowden, “Measurement of spontaneous-emission enhancement near the one-dimensional photonic band edge of semiconductor heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. A 53, 2799-2803 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

E. L. Ivchenko, M. M. Voronov, M. V. Erementchouk, L. I. Deych, and A. A. Lisyansky, “Multiple-quantum-well-based photonic crystals with simple and compound elementary supercells,” Phys. Rev. B 70, 195106 (2004). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

M. Hübner, J. P. Prineas, C. Ell, P. Brick, E. S. Lee, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, and S. W. Koch, “Optical lattices achieved by excitons in periodic quantum well structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2841-2844 (1999). [CrossRef]

Other

J. D. Joannopoulos, R. D. Meade, and J. N. Winn, Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light (Princeton Univ. Press, 1995).
K. Sakoda, Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals, 2nd ed. (Springer, 2004).

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[1] J. D. Joannopoulos, R. D. Meade, and J. N. Winn, Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light (Princeton Univ. Press, 1995).

[2] K. Sakoda, Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals, 2nd ed. (Springer, 2004).

[3] K. Sakoda, “Optics of photonic crystals,” Opt. Rev. 6, 381-392 (1999). [CrossRef]

[4] M. Hübner, J. P. Prineas, C. Ell, P. Brick, E. S. Lee, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs, and S. W. Koch, “Optical lattices achieved by excitons in periodic quantum well structures,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2841-2844 (1999). [CrossRef]

[5] E. L. Ivchenko, M. M. Voronov, M. V. Erementchouk, L. I. Deych, and A. A. Lisyansky, “Multiple-quantum-well-based photonic crystals with simple and compound elementary supercells,” Phys. Rev. B 70, 195106 (2004). [CrossRef]

[6] K. Kuroda, T. Sawada, T. Kuroda, K. Watanabe, and K. Sakoda, “Doubly enhanced spontaneous emission due to increased photon density of states at photonic band edge frequencies,” Opt. Express 17, 13168-13177 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] P. Lodahl, A. F. van Driel, I. S. Nikolaev, A. Irman, K. Overgaag, D. Vanmaekelbergh, and W. L. Vos, “Controlling the dynamics of spontaneous emission from quantum dots by photonic crystals,” Nature 430, 654-657 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] M. D. Tocci, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, J. P. Dowling, and C. M. Bowden, “Measurement of spontaneous-emission enhancement near the one-dimensional photonic band edge of semiconductor heterostructures,” Phys. Rev. A 53, 2799-2803 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] J. P. Dowling, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, and C. M. Bowden, “The photonic band edge laser: A new approach to gain enhancement,” J. Appl. Phys. 75, 1896-1899 (1994). [CrossRef]

[10] M. Scalora, J. P. Dowling, M. Tocci, M. J. Bloemer, C. M. Bowden, and J. W. Haus, “Dipole emission rates in one-dimensional photonic band-gap materials,” Appl. Phys. B 60, S57-S61 (1995).

[11] Y. Matsuhisa, Y. Huang, Y. Zhou, S.-T. Wu, Y. Takao, A. Fujii, and M. Ozaki, “Cholesteric liquid crystal laser in a dielectric mirror cavity upon band-edge excitation,” Opt. Express 15, 616-622 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] M. Astic, Ph. Delaye, R. Frey, G. Roosen, R. André, N. Belabas, I. Sagnes, and R. Raj, “Time resolved nonlinear spectroscopy at the band edge of 1D photonic crystals,” J. Phys. D 41, 224005 (2008). [CrossRef]

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